Peking University, December 6, 2023: Recently, Deng Xuliang, president of Peking University Hospital and School of Stomatology (PKUHSS), Cai Zhigang, and Hu Wenjie, vice presidents of PKUHSS, visited Asahi University and Meikai University in Japan. During the trip, Deng and his delegation, accompanied by their Japanese counterparts, also visited the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan.
 

During the trip, Deng and his delegation had an exchange meeting with the Chancellor of Asahi University, Jun Miyata, President Katsuyuki Otomo, Director of Dentistry, Yukimichi Tamaki, Director of International Exchange, Satoshi Kawano, and Dean of the School of Oral Hygiene, Atsunori Isozaki. The two sides had detailed and in-depth discussions on topics such as talent cultivation and scientific research cooperation.

After the meeting, Deng attended the guest professor appointment ceremony at Asahi University and delivered an academic report to nearly 100 teachers and students, followed by an insightful Q&A session with the audience.

Following the visit, the PKUHSS delegation went to Tokyo for a seminar with Meikai University. The meeting was centered around future cooperation and exchange, talent cultivation, scientific research cooperation, and other aspects between the two schools, and a blueprint plan was formulated. After the meeting, Meikai University held a guest professor appointment ceremony for President Deng Xuliang.

 
Afterwards, the delegation visited the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan to discuss further strengthening education and scientific research cooperation between China and Japan. Minister-Counselor Zhu Xuehua and Counselor Qin Weidong attended the meeting.

Zhu Xuehua pointed out that PKUHSS was the banner of Chinese stomatology education and hoped that Chinese universities represented by PKUHSS would continue to deepen cooperation with overseas universities and institutions in the field of science and education, and further promote high-level opening up of higher education to the outside world.

Later in the trip, the delegation conducted an in-depth study tour of the Asahi University School of Stomatology pertaining to its talent cultivation, teaching equipment, and internship, and observed the teaching process on site.

The delegation’s itinerary was packed but very fruitful. It deepened PKUHSS’s ties with Asahi University and Meikai University and further expanded the scope of cooperation, promoting both sides to make full use of their respective strengths and cultivate more specialized and professional oral healthcare personnel for China and Japan.

This article was featured in the special coverage of PKU's Global Engagement Year.


Written by: Wu Zhaoxia
Edited by: Dennis Meng
Source: Peking University Hospital and School of Stomatology