Secretary Lan Shaomin Visited Soochow University

On the afternoon of October 21, Lan Shaomin, member of Standing Committee of CPC Jiangsu Province and Secretary of CPC Suzhou Committee, visited Soochow University together with many other leaders from Suzhou Municipal Government.Jiang Yong, Secretary of CPC Soochow University Committee, and Xiong Sidong, President of Soochow University received the visitors together with departmental leaders of the university.

 


Lan Shaomin and the visitors first visited Soochow University Museum and then a meeting was held for the leader of Soochow to report to Secretary Lan on the status quo of the university. According to President Xiong, Soochow University has been developing rigorously in terms of talent education, team building, scientific research, and internationalization. Since the launch of “Famous City, Famous University”, a program aiming at coordinating the development of Suzhou Municipal City and Soochow University, many influential projects have been started and wide implication on the local and even outside communities has been achieved. In the report by Secretary Jiang Yong, he highlighted that students and staff at Soochow have made much effort in interpreting the ideological guidance from the central government and applied the understanding into daily work and activities.

 




Secretary Lan highly appreciated the achievements Soochow University. He acknowledged that Soochow University has cultivated many outstanding talents and its influence at home and abroad has been increasing. He also emphasized that a university is a brand of a city and Soochow University should develop further in a multitude of aspects to make greater contribution to the city and to the wide nation.