On the afternoon of March 14, Professor Seiichi Ueda, Dean of Baixian Institute of Asian Studies and former Vice President of Waseda University of Japan, and his delegation visited the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, including Ji Weidong, Director of Japan Research Center, Ding Jian, Deputy Director of Japan Research Center, Huang Jinxian, Deputy Director of Development Liaison Office of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Cui Xiangmei, Associate Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School Zhu Baohua, a professor of Antai School of Economics and Management of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and others met the guests at the second floor of the fourth floor north of Xuhui Campus.
At the beginning of the talks, Huang Jinxian, Deputy Director of the Development Liaison Office, first extended a warm welcome to the visit of Professor Seiichi Ueda and his delegation and put forward the central thrust of the China Japan talks. Director Ji Weidong introduced the establishment purpose of the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and the two sides carried out in-depth discussions around the cooperation between Shanghai Jiaotong University and Baixian Asia Research Institute to establish the AFLSP (Baixian Asia Future Leadership Scholarship) project.
Huang Jinxian, Deputy Director of the Development Liaison Office of Shanghai Jiaotong University, made a speech
Director Ji Weidong said that China's famous universities and Japan's famous universities should strengthen exchanges and cooperation, not only to cultivate outstanding talents for future communication between the two countries, but also to jointly cultivate future leaders in Asia. The Hundred Talents Asia Future Leaders Scholarship Program provides good incentives and conditions for attracting a total of East Asian elite students. He pointed out that at present, Jiaotong University receives a large number of Japanese and other Asian students every year. Whether it is the LLM program of Kaiyuan Law School, the MBA program of Antai School of Economics and Management or the MPA program of the School of International and Public Affairs, many outstanding talents are being or have been trained. The Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University has established a member committee for the selection and teaching of Baixian Asian Future Leaders Scholarship, which is conducive to interdisciplinary coordination and cooperation and further improves the quality of talent training. Of course, the training of high-level professionals is based on the college, but the Japanese Research Center, as a university level interdisciplinary and transnational platform, can also play the role of overall planning and key promotion.
Ji Weidong, Director of Japan Research Center, made a speech
Professor Seichi Ueda, Dean of Baixian Institute for Asian Studies, mentioned the topic of leadership. He believes that the excellence of students is not only in their academic achievements, but also in their leadership and how to turn the knowledge they have learned into their own use and become a life force. The Hundred Talents Asia Future Leaders Scholarship Program is set up to encourage young people who have the potential to become the next generation of leaders in Asia and even the world, which means they need to have higher quality. The two sides conducted analysis and discussion on students at different stages, and discussed in depth how to establish a curriculum rich student knowledge system in colleges and universities, so as to make Baixian Asia Future Leadership Scholarship a broader platform. All the teachers present at the table expressed their opinions and thought about the prospect of the proposal of cooperation between Baixian and universities from different perspectives. Director Ji Weidong proposed that he hoped that all the elite students who had won the Hundred Talents Asia Future Leader Scholarship and came to China to study would have the opportunity to gather together every year to conduct regular exchange activities, learn from each other and improve together, and gradually form a group. In this way, we can look forward to their future leadership in Asia.
Yoichi Ueda, President of Baixian Institute for Asian Studies, made a speech
On May 27, 2020, the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Development Liaison Office of Shanghai Jiaotong University jointly conducted the first round of interviews for the first batch of candidates for the Hundred Talents and Hundred Heroes Asian Future Leaders Scholarship. The final scholarship winner will be selected by Baixian Asian Research Institute.
