On November 1st, Prof. Thomas Schneider, the Chief Executive of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), and his delegation visited SYSU. President Gao Song met with the guests in Zhongshan Building on the Guangzhou South Campus. Representatives of the SYSU CYL Committee, Office of Education Administration and Office of International Cooperation & Exchange attended the meeting.
On October 19th, Harvey Charles, Vice Provost of the University of Minnesota (UMN), led a delegation to visit SYSU. Executive Vice President Xiao Haipeng met with the guests in Room 313, Zhongshan Building, Guangzhou South Campus. Representatives from Lingnan College, School of Government and Guanghua School of Stomatology attended the meeting.
From October 17 to 21, the Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance (PRRLA) Meeting was held in Sun Yat-sen University Shenzhen Campus Library.
From September 25th to 28th, Professor Chen Chunsheng, Secretary of SYSU Party Committee, led a high-level academic delegation of SYSU to visit France and Belgium. He discussed with local universities, government departments and relevant institutions on deepening cultural exchanges and higher education cooperation, promoting cross-disciplinary research, and improving the talent training.
Professor Stephen Gethins, Assistant Vice Principal and Dean of International of the University of St Andrews, and Professor Liang Fong-Wong, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor Internationalization of the University of Bristol, visited Sun Yat-sen University on September 22, 2023. Professor Xie Shi, Vice President of Sun Yat-sen University, met with the delegation at the No. 1 Meeting Room of K. K. Leung Hall on the Guangzhou South Campus.
On the morning of September 17, the Opening Ceremony 2023 of Sun Yat-sen University & the “First Lecture at University” was simultaneously held on five campuses in the three cities of Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Shenzhen.