On September 24, President Ed Brinksma of Universiteit Twente visited XJTU. President Wang Shuguo met the delegation. VP Xi Guang, Director Liang Li of Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, and Dean Guan Xiaohong of School of Electronic and Information Engineering were also present on the meeting.

President Wang introduced to the delegation the initiation of the University Alliance of the New Silk Road (UANSR). He pointed out UANSR was an international higher education platform, which provided a valuable opportunity between domestic and foreign universities for closer collaboration. He expected to collaborate with UT at social science and medicine.

President Ed Brinksma gave a brief introduction of UT and expressed his interest in UANSR and hoped to strengthen collaboration through institutional exchanges.