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 University of CambridgeDate: 16/10/08 China and Cambridge – 120 years of partnership The long-standing bonds between the University of Cambridge and China were celebrated and strengthened last week when Professor Alison Richard, the Vice-Chancellor, made a four-day visit to Beijing. The visit marked the 120th anniversary of the founding of the UK's first Professorship of Chinese, at Cambridge in 1888.
Her first appointment was a meeting with State Councillor for Education Madame Liu Yandong, the only female member of the Politburo, and Minister of Education Zhou Ji, where they discussed current and future collaborations between Cambridge and Chinese universities at the level of both teaching and research. Speaking earlier at a press conference the Vice-Chancellor had said: "Since the start of this long-standing partnership, many Cambridge scholars have taken a keen interest in China's development. They have contributed significantly to promoting understanding between China and the West." She described how the relationship between China and Cambridge is two-way and has been growing rapidly. There are currently more than 130 official academic, industrial and government partnerships between the two, spanning many disciplines from language teaching and architecture to materials science, economics and nanoscience. "Our partnership with China goes from past to present, and to the future," she said. Professor Richard signed historic Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), which pave the way for joint supervision of graduate students, exchange of staff, joint publications and workshops. The Chinese Academy of Sciences is China's National Academy, the highest advisory body and think-tank for Science Policy and Innovation in the People's Republic. The MoU, the first to be signed with a British University, intends to build on existing academic collaborations in Natural and Life Sciences, and to explore joint co-operation in common global challenges such as clean energy, climate change, sustainable development, and Science Policy. At the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China's major research-led institution for the study of the Social Sciences, the Vice-Chancellor was greeted by Wu Yi, the only female Vice-President there. As with CAS, the MoU signed builds on existing research collaborations, in areas ranging from Land Economy to Tibetology, and strong links with Cambridge University Press. The Cambridge delegation also visited Tsinghua University, where Cambridge is part of a three party low-carbon-emissions research project, and Peking University. Chinese students are the largest international grouping at the University today. The University recently announced the permanent endowment of the Joseph Needham Professorship of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization, named after the renowned late Cambridge scholar of Chinese culture and author of the seminal 'Science and Civilisation in China'. For a report on the inaugural lecture for the Needham Professorship and a link to a video of the entire lecture click here. Reproduced courtesy University of Cambridge Office of Communications Copyright Cambridge Network 2009
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