On November 4, a delegation from Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU) led by President Ruan Shuangchen paid a visit to Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School, at which the signing and plaque-conferring ceremony on Quality Student Source Base jointly built by the two parties was held. Guo Sijian, principal of Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School, and three vice principals of the school attended the ceremony.

SZTU delegation visits Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School. [Photo/Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

The Quality Student Source Base is an important channel for the student enrollment of SZTU as well as a key exchange platform jointly built by the university and a local high school. Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School becomes the seventh Quality Student Source Base of SZTU, before which SZTU has signed the cooperation agreements with six schools, including Zhanjiang No. 1 Middle School, Shenzhen Second Senior High School, Shenzhen Second Foreign Languages School, Yangchun No. 1 High School, Guangzhou No. 16 Middle School, and Guangzhou Pui Ying Secondary School.

On behalf of the two sides, Ruan Shuangchen, president of SZTU, signs the cooperation agreement with Guo Sijian, principal of Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School, and confers the plaque of Quality Student Source Base. [Photo/Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School was founded in 1913 and selected into the first batch of National Demonstrative High Schools in Guangdong Province in 2008. In recent years, it has won over 10 national and provincial honorary titles, such as “National Advanced School in Education and Scientific Research”. More than 50,000 students have graduated from Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School since its establishment, and it has been providing high-quality students for SZTU since 2019.  

President Ruan Shuangchen makes an introduction on SZTU [Photo/Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

At the ceremony, President Ruan introduced that SZTU is a university of applied sciences built with a sound beginning at the request of the Ministry of Education. It is benchmarked against the world-class universities of applied sciences in Germany and Switzerland, aiming to cultivate high-level applied talents such as engineers, designers and actuaries who can solve key technical problems for the society. Co-establishing the base will help provide a special pathway for the students from Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School, allow them to have an in-depth understanding of university life in advance and offer more options for their future development.

Guo Sijian, principal of Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School [Photo/Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Principal Guo said that Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School attaches great importance to cultivating students’ innovation spirit and practical ability, which is highly compatible with the talent training philosophy of SZTU. He welcomed professors from SZTU to visit the school and give lectures in various fields for further enhancing students’ innovation awareness. He also hoped the two sides will maintain and deepen mutual cooperation, and that more students from Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School will pursue further study at SZTU and return to their hometown with glory.

The two parties have a meeting during the visit. [Photo/Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

After the ceremony, Liu Hongwei, director of the Department of Academic Affairs and Admissions Office of SZTU, is invited to deliver a lecture at Guangdong Meixian Dongshan High School. [Photo/Party Affairs Committee Publicity Office]

Drafted by Olivia（赖丽伟）/ International Cooperation & Student Affairs Office

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