The Huazhong Agriculture University (HZAU) China and University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) on Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the area of teaching and research.
The MoU was duly signed by UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar and HZAU Vice President Wu Ping on the behalf of HZAU President Dr Deng Xiuxin. Twelve-member of the Chinese university visited the UAF. It was agreed upon for collaborating exchange/ study abroad programs for students. It was decided to run student internship program. The both parties will also exchange research materials in the field of mutual interest. Talking to the delegation, UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar said that both countries were enjoying excellent bilateral ties based on brotherhood, and neighborhood. He said that academic ties with Chinese universities were boosted to get benefit from each other experience. He said Chinese universities were proving their mettle globally in every filed. He said UAF Chinese Confucius Institute had been established at the UAF that is a step towards bring people of both countries come closer through language and learning. He said that the institute also enabled students and teaching community to learn Chinese to win scholarships in China in many fields of education. He said that 35 faculty members of UAF had completed their degrees from China. He said that Pakistan China Economic Corridor would bring the prosperity in the regions. He said that country will witness an economic turnaround that would help ensure sustainable development because of CPEC. HZAU Vice President Wu Ping said that Pakistan and China were enjoying time tested relations based on brotherhood. She said 26,000 students were enrolled in HZAU out of them 2,000 are international students. She said that they were having six joint international research labs and running 184 projects funded by National Sciences Foundation of China. We had developed the collaboration with 100 universities of 48 country and conducting projects with them. She said that the collaborated work would help learn from each other experiences. She said that the carrying forward a profound, century-old culture, the University adheres to the motto “learn and practice, achieve and help achieve” and upholds the tradition of educating students to “combine intelligence with hard work, integrate knowledge with practice”. UAF Registrar Muhammad Hussain, Director External Linkages Dr Raheed Ahmad, deans and directors attended.