From May 22 to 26, vice president Li Yan, Director of Dean’s Office Yan Gongjun, and Secretary of Russian Department Yang Jun went to Cheboksary, Russia to participate in University Alliance “Yangtze-Volga” Forum. The forum was hosted by Technical University of Nizhny Novgorod, and co-organized by the Chuvash State University. More than 100 representatives from more than 40 Chinese and Russian universities attended the forum. Director Yan Gongjun, as an academic member of University Alliance “Yangtze-Volga”, made a keynote speech on “College Cooperation: The Basic Construction of Sino-Russian Local Cooperation”. When studied in Russia, Vice president Li Yan also visited Professor Xu Manlin, who is visiting Moscow State University, and met with some alumni of Moscow Alumni Association.