To integrate into the Belt and Road Initiative and deepen educational cooperation with countries along its routes, Vice President Chen Jun led a delegation to visit Belarus from December 15 to 19, 2025. The delegation visited the Belarusian State University and the Belarusian State Technological University successively, conducting discussions and research by focusing on key issues such as the joint research and development project, laboratory platform development, and talent cultivation, and achieving a series of substantive outcomes.

At the Belarusian State University, the delegation held in-depth exchanges with Vice President Bokhin Andrey Viktorovich, toured chemistry-related laboratories, and gained insights into the university’s disciplinary strengths and distinctive approaches to talent development. Both parties reached cooperative intentions regarding bilateral academic conferences and faculty-student exchanges. Concerning the National Key Research and Development Program, i.e., Intergovernmental Cooperation Project jointly undertaken, the delegation reviewed the progress with Professor Dzmitry Grinshpan’s team, discussed critical aspects such as data sharing and research publication, clarified subsequent task milestones, and solidified the foundation for advancing the project.

At the Belarusian State Technological University, both parties acted upon the 2024 university-level cooperation agreement, exchanged views on scientific research collaboration and academic visits, and signed an inter-university scientific research cooperation agreement along with a laboratory co-construction agreement in the field of low-carbon environments. This marks a new stage of cooperation between the two institutions. The meeting was attended by Rector Sergei Kaptsevich and several other representatives.

During the visit, students from our university engaged in friendly interactions with Belarusian students, experiencing courses and touring the city. The delegation also inspected the National Children’s Technopark to explore mechanisms connecting youth science and technology innovation training with higher education, clarifying the integrated development direction of “Education-Scientific Research-Application”.

This visit consolidated the cooperative achievements of both sides, laid a foundation for international project applications, resource sharing, and joint talent cultivation, expanded the depth and breadth of scientific research collaboration, and contributed to building an open and collaborative international research community.