The President of Alexandria University Dr. Essam El Kurdi received Mrs. Jiao Lee Biengh the General Consul of China in Alexandria. The Consul visited the university to consolidate the cooperation relations upon her new position.

Dr. Essam congratulated Mrs. Jiao on the new position and wished her all success and emphasized the historical relations between the two countries. He added that Alexandria University is the first university to sign the agreement of belt and road in 2017 that combines universities from 51 country with an objective of enhancing coordination and integration between the all sides. He also highlighted the inauguration of the Chinese language section in the Faculty of Arts.

 The Chinese Consul said that the relationships between Egypt and China has been developed through the last years especially after the visit of President El Sisi to China and signing agreements of mutual cooperation and studying the idea of Confucius institute in Alexandria University to expand the frame of cooperation and increase cultural exchange between the two countries.  

Dr. Hisham Gaber the vice president of the University for Education and Students Affairs underlined the possibility to make use of the job fair that will be organized in December and inviting the Chinese companies to provide training opportunities for the university students.

The university vice president for Graduate Studies and Research emphasized the cooperation in scientific researches and scholarships provided by the Chinese universities to the Egyptian students especially in the medical fields.