On the morning of July 10, 2019, a 3-member delegation of Maekawa Bearing MFG Co., Ltd. visited XJTU under the leadership of its senior managing director Kawamura Kuniaki.

In Shaanxi Province, only XJTU's School of Energy and Power Engineering offers programs related to compressor, refrigeration, and cryogenics. Kawanura Kuniaki said that XJTU plays an important role in research fields related to compressors and refrigeration in both China and the world, which is exactly the partner Maekawa is looking for. He expressed strong interestin establishing a Maekawa-XJTU Joint Compressor Development Center.