On October 25, 2024, Yu Miaojie, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee and President of Liaoning University met with the delegation from the School of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University at Puhe Campus of Liaoning University. The delegation included Maslov·Alexei·Aleksandrovic, Dean of the School of Asian and African Studies, Sinzova·Yekaterina·Sergeyev, Vice President in charge of international cooperation and Sun Tianshu, Chairman of Enterprise China-Russia 2B2 Digital Trading Platform. Xie Mingyi, Director of Office of International Affairs, Liu Yi, Dean of School of Foreign Studies and Liu Wenge, Dean of School of International Economics and International Relations attended the meeting. The meeting was presided over by Yin Ruyu, Deputy Director of Office of International Affairs. 

Yu Miaojie extended a warm welcome to Maslov and his colleagues. He firstly introduced the development, discipline achievements and international cooperation of Liaoning University, especially the remarkable progress made by the university in ‘Double First-Class’ development and the in-depth cooperation with top universities in the world and some Russian institutions of higher education. He noted that the cooperation with the School of Asian and African Studies not only sustains the long-term friendly relations between the two universities, but also marks the deepening and expansion of the cooperation between the two sides in student exchanges, academic research and teacher training. He added that the cooperation between the two universities would not only further strengthen mutual trust and mutual benefit, but also enable joint development of China-Russian education to contribute to educational modernization and internationalization in both countries.

Maslov introduced in detail the educational resources and advantages of his school, especially its leading position in the regional studies of China, Russia and Central Asia. In particular, he mentioned that the outstanding alumni graduated from the school had presented outstanding achievements in international politics, economy and academia, which stood as a vivid testimony to its advantages in training talents with international visions. He expressed his strong desire to deepen cooperation with Liaoning University and train international elites through cooperation in scientific research and academic exchanges.

Liu Yi and Liu Wenge introduced the features and development of their colleges respectively and extended their expectations to cooperate in teacher training, student joint training, summer camps and digital economy research in the future.