A group of elite academics visited Anhui Medical University (AHMU) in an event called “Outstanding Overseas Scholars’ Trip to Anhui”. Visitors are all PhDs graduated from world-renowned universities such as Oxford, Harvard and Stanford. Initiated by the Youth Council of Western Returned Scholars Association of China, Anhui Branch (WRSA-Anhui), the event was held on July 27th at AHMU. Wang Qi, Secretary of the Party Committee of AHMU, joined the WSAC-Anhui staff in a meeting; present at the event were Xu Songting, WSAC-Anhui Secretary-general; Li Nan, WRSA-Anhui Deputy Secretary-general; Gao Yuan, Deputy Chair of Youth Council WRSA-Anhui; and Gu Xiuping, Director of United Front Work Department and a Party Committee member at AHMU.
Scholars visited the gallery of university history to learn about the past of AHMU as well as its progress and plan for future development. On the occasion, Gu Xiuping, on behalf of the university, extended her warm welcome to the guests, and introduced the achievements and anticipations of AHMU in medical education, talents recruitment, and international cooperation. She congratulated the young scholars on their good fortune to witness the modernization of China’s system and capacity for governance, their chance to promote theoretic studies and their potential to contribute to international relations and the peaceful reunification of China. She hoped this event would provide an opportunity for the scholars to personally learn more about the innovative and livable city of Hefei and encouraged their future exchanges to and career at AHMU.