From April 6 to 12, a delegation of educators from Moscow Oblast, Russia visited China for cultural and educational exchange. As the lead coordinating institutions, SSPU and the State University of Humanities and Technology (GGTU) co-organized and coordinated the visit. The delegation consisted of 100 members, including administrative staff from education management departments, K12 school principals, and heads of educational institutions. They visited Shanghai, Wuxi, Nantong, and other cities for exchanges and study.
The opening ceremony of the event was held on April 7. Prior to the ceremony, a meeting reaching preliminary consensus on bilateral cooperation took place between Zhdankina Elena, Deputy Director of the General Education Development Division of the Ministry of Education of Moscow Oblast, Skudareva Galina, Rector of GGTU, Elina Iakovleva, Vice Rector of GGTU, President Xie Huaqing and Vice President of Bai Jianfeng of SSPU.
At the opening ceremony, President Xie and GGTU Rector Skudareva Galina jointly signed an inter-university science and education cooperation agreement. Additionally, a cooperation framework agreement was signed by Principal of Shanghai Industrial Technology School Zhang Weigang and Principal of municipal general educational institution Dmitrov Technical School Brazhnikova Natalia. The signing ceremonies were witnessed by Vice President Bai Jianfeng, Deputy Director Zhdankina Elena, Party Secretary of Shanghai Industrial Technology School Li Qiming and Director of the Education Administration of Dmitrov Municipal District, Moscow Oblast Tatyana Malinnikova.
During their stay in Shanghai from April 7 to 10, the delegation visited three middle and high schools — Shanghai Jianping Experimental Zhangjiang Middle School, Minhang Zizhu Campus of No. 2 High School of East China Normal University, Foreign Language High School Affiliated to Shanghai Normal University — to learn about the latest achievements in Shanghai’s basic education. In Wuxi and Nantong, Jiangsu Province, the delegation participated in the China-Russia President Education Forum, visited seven high-quality primary and secondary schools including Wuxi No.1 High School and Haimen Middle School, and signed cooperation agreements with several schools. At the closing ceremony on April 11, SSPU awarded completion certificates to all delegation members and organized an academic lecture titled “AI-Empowered Education Management,” which was well highly praised by the delegation. Also in attendance at the ceremony were representatives from the Office of SSPU Party Committee, President Office, Publicity Office, Student Affairs Office, International Office, Vocational and Technical Teacher Education School, School of Languages and Cultural Communication, as well as Gonglu Secondary School Affiliated to Shanghai Polytechnic University.
