On the morning of August 7, Deputy Minister of Education of Malaysia, Mr. He Guozhong visited XJTU, and met with Deputy Party Secretary Zhao Changchang in room 107 of the Science Hall. The representatives of a number of education-related departments, including the Office of Students Affairs, Department of International Cooperation and Exchange, and the Teaching Affairs Office attended the meeting.

Deputy Secretary Zhao Changchang gave the visitors an introduction to XJTU with a slide presentation on education. Deputy Minister He Guozhong in return gave an introduction to Malaysian culture and the state of higher education in Malaysia, and the prospect for international cooperation, especially the establishment of satellite campuses in other countries. He expressed the view that cultural interaction would promote friendly and harmonious relations between the two countries and that cooperation in the area of higher education was of particular importance in the developing relations between the two countries. He then focused his attention on Tunku Abdul Rahman University and said that he hoped that the cooperation between our two universities would serve to stimulate cooperation and exchange between the two countries in the area of higher education. At the end of the meeting, representatives of the two universities—XJTU and Tunku Abdul Rahman University—signed a memorandum of cooperation. The two delegations then exchanged gifts, and posed for a group picture.