On the afternoon of June 12, the 2026 annual meeting of the Joint Management Committee for the Cooperative Education Program in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation between Xinxiang University and Brest State Technical University was successfully held at our university. The meeting was attended by committee members including Director of the Committee and President of Xinxiang University Li Guanghui, Deputy Director of the Committee and President of Brest State Technical University Parfievich Andrei Nikolaevich, and Vice President of Xinxiang University Han Hui. Also present as non-voting attendees were Vinnik Natalia Semenovna, Director of the Media Communications and Publishing Center of Brest State Technical University, and some faculty members from the School of International Education of our university. The meeting was chaired by Han Hui.
At the meeting, Li Juan, Dean of the School of International Education, delivered the program work report for the 2025–2026 academic year, providing a comprehensive summary of key annual tasks including teaching implementation, student management, joint faculty development, and study tours and exchange visits. Committee members engaged in discussions and exchanges on topics such as the standardized operation of the program and student exchange initiatives, further reviewing the achievements made and clarifying the subsequent work priorities and development directions.
Li Guanghui fully affirmed the outcomes of the program. He noted that this program serves as an important window for Xinxiang University's opening‑up in education, and that the first four‑year talent cultivation cycle has now been successfully completed, with continuous improvement in the quality of talent cultivation and social recognition. He emphasized the need to uphold the quality standards of Sino‑foreign cooperative education, continuously optimize the international talent cultivation system, deepen joint faculty development and teaching reforms between the two universities, and steadily expand cooperation in deeper areas such as joint research, academic co‑creation, and cultural exchanges, so as to build a distinctive and high‑quality Sino‑Belarusian cooperative education brand.
Parfievich highly recognized the effectiveness of the program. He stated that Brest State Technical University will continue to increase resource input, deepen practical collaboration between the two sides, and enhance the quality of cultivating internationally oriented, interdisciplinary engineering talents.
At the meeting, after full deliberation and collective voting by all committee members, multiple resolutions were unanimously passed, including the extension of the program's operational period, adjustments to the annual enrollment plan, changes to the Chinese translation of the foreign partner's university name, revisions to the talent cultivation plan, and the renewal of the cooperative education agreement.
During the meeting, the two universities successfully renewed the cooperative education agreement, laying a solid foundation for the long‑term stable and high‑quality development of the program.
