At 3:00 PM on September 17th, the College of Economics and Management held a video conference with Prof. Alejandro Escudero Yerro, Vice President of International Affairs of the French ESC La Rochelle, and Prof. Chantelot, Dean of the French ESC La Rochelle to discuss the Sino-foreign cooperation in running a school. Attending this video conference were Director Zaiwen Jiang, Deputy Director Wei Gao and Deputy Director Tao Luo of the international office. What’s more, Dean Qiang Du, Deputy Dean Jianqiang Fan, Qipeng Sun, Fei Ma and teachers from International Center and Department of Logistics of our college also attended this meeting.

The scene of the meeting

First, Director Zaiwen Jiang reviewed the cooperation between the two schools and the application process of Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools. Next, Dean Qiang Du introduced the basic situation of the College of Economics and Management's application for cooperative programs. Finally, the two sides discussed the promotion plan of late cooperation in running schools.

Excelia Group, founded in 1988, is an institution of higher business under the ESC, specializing in international educational exchanges and cooperation. Excelia Group is well known in Europe for its specialties in tourism management and international business management. Since its establishment, the school has successively obtained AACSB, EPAS, FLE Qualite, TedQual and other international certifications. Since 2013, the school has been listed as one of the top 5% elite business schools in the world and awarded the title of Best Business School in France.

Professor Chantelot, Dean of the French ESC La Rochelle

The conference aims to promote educational and academic exchanges between schools and promote high-level international cooperation. The two sides will carry out all-round cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, complementing each other's advantages, cooperation and common development. In particular, we will promote the joint bid of Sino-foreign cooperative education projects in logistics management to achieve mutual benefit and win-win cooperation and continuously promote the rapid development of the undertakings of both sides.