President Qiu Yong meets with Chairman of Luksic Group

On October 31st,  the President of Tsinghua University Qiu Yong met with the visiting Chairman of the Luksic Group, Andrónico Luksic, at Gongziting. Vice President Yang Bin was also present on this occasion.

At their meeting, President Qiu Yong welcomed Mr. Andrónico Luksic to Tsinghua University, and introduced him to the latest achievements of Tsinghua in the field of international development. President Qiu noted that under the support and promotion of Mr. Luksic, Tsinghua and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile had initiated a short-term student exchange program. Up to now, there have been more than 400 teachers and students from both universities taking part in the program, which has im-proved their mutual understanding. Tsinghua University looks forward to further en-riching and deepening its collaborations with Chilean universities, non-governmental organizations, and local governments.

Mr. Luksic stated that the student exchange program established by Tsinghua and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile was an embodiment of the continuous devel-opment of the friendly bilateral relation between China and Chile. As a close partner of Tsinghua in its exchange and cooperation with Chile, he and the Luksic Group will continue to strongly support collaborative projects with Tsinghua University and broaden their forms of cooperation. He is looking forward to more communication and collaboration between Tsinghua and Chilean universities as well as enterprises to promote the in-depth development of Sino-Chilean bilateral relations.

Mr. Andrónico Luksic is the Chairman of the Luksic Group and the Vice Chairman of the Banco de Chile. He also serves as a member of the advisory board of School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.

(Edited by Guo Lili, Zhu Lvhe)