Meeting of MPEI graduates from China

On February 21, 2024 a meeting of MPEI graduates  was held. The meeting was organized by Mr. Zhou Liqun, an alumnus of our university, Chairman of NPO "Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia", Vice-President of the Chinese Alumni Association of the former Soviet Union and the CIS, General Director of the Moscow Greenwood World Trade Center. The meeting was attended by Mr. Feng Litao, Minister-Counselor for Culture of the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation and Director of the Chinese Cultural Center and Vyacheslav Batenin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, alumnus of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute.

The occasion for the meeting was the opening of MPEI-Hainan Joint University. Mr. Zhou Liqun gave a solemn speech at the event.

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Nikolay Rogalev, MPEI Rector, reported on the progress of MPEI-Hainan Joint University implementation.

The daughter of one of the most famous alumni from China, Mr. Li Peng, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, addressed a video-congratulation to all attendees.

The meeting was attended by MPEI staff and faculty members.

The first students from China were admitted to study in 1949, when the cooperation between MPEI and China began. Over these years, MPEI has trained over 300 specialists for China, including many prominent Chinese scientists who have contributed to the development of Chinese science and economy.

In the academic year 2023/2024 the project "MPEI-Hainan Joint University" is actively developing. On January 30, 2024 in Haikou City, Hainan Province (PRC), a grand ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the construction of MPEI-Hainan Joint University, as well as the start of the first stage of the Chinese-Russian Science and Technology Park and Research Institute in Haikou, was held.