After the full communication and friendly consultation between the two schools in the early stage, the signing ceremony of the cooperation between our school and the St. Petersburg State Transport University of Russian was held in Xi'an on July 18.

  At the signing ceremony, Tian Heping, president of our institute, delivered a warm speech and introduced the situation to the guests. The Vice President of St. Petersburg State Transport University introduced the history and the current situation of their school. The two sides made progress in conforming to the requirements of China-Russian strategic cooperation development, the structure of cooperation institutions, the cooperation in running schools and the prospects. At the same time, the two sides clarified the promotion schedule.

Sun Jianning , Director of Shaanxi International Exchange and Cooperation Department of Shaanxi Education Commission ,was invited to give a guidance. He expressed his appreciation for the cooperation between the two universities. And also, he hoped that the principles of complementing each other and sharing resources would be a solid preparation for the declaration and start-up.

  Under the chair of our vice principle, Mr. Deng Yaobin, principle Tian Heping and Irina Aleko Sandrofna signed a cooperation agreement between the two universities. Alexei Konstantinovic, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the St. Petersburg State Transport University, and the heads of the relevant departments from our school witnessed the ceremony.