MPEI attended a solemn reception at the Embassy of China

On February 2, 2024,  Nikolay Rogalev, MPEI Rector and AlexanderTarasov, Vice-rector on international relations visited the "Festive concert and solemn reception dedicated to the Chinese traditional Spring Festival" (Chinese New Year) at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Russian Federation.

The event gathered over 1000 Chinese students studying at Russian universities including those studying at the MPEI.

Mr Zhang Hanhui, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Russian Federation to the Russian Federation and Denis Gribov, Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, who noted great successes in trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation between Russia and China. Also, he emphasized that the Russian-Chinese partnership is successfully developing in the interests of both countries and people.

During the event, performances by creative teams were held. Among them there were performances on Chinese folk musical instruments, wushu shows, folk dances, choral singing in Chinese and Russian.

The cooperation between MPEI and China began in 1949, when the first students were accepted on studying. Over the years, MPEI has prepared over 300 specialists for the People’s Republic of China, among them many famous Chinese students who have contributed to the development of Chinese science and economics.

In the 2023/2024 academic year, the project "MPEI-Hainan University" is actively developing. It is included in the roadmap of Russian-Chinese Humanitarian Cooperation until 2030, which also regulates interaction between countries in the field of higher-education, which was signed on October 25th,2023 in Bishkek at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The roadmap has strong support from the Ministry Education of the People’s of China, the People's Government of Hainan Province and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia.