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I'm Professor Ningsheng Xu - currently the president of Sun Yat-sen University.
I have my undergraduate study in China but I have my PhD
student here and also have been working in Aston for a long time.
I have a very strong personal interest in science,
especially I am also the academic of
Chinese Academy of Science and also the
the member of the Academy of the Developing World, as well.
This actually for me should be..
always keep my interest in scientific research.
I have to share most of my... to use most of my time in
in the higher education management, because Sun Yat-sen University..
as one of the universities... among the top universities...
10 top universities in China...first of all
we are quite large, we have 36000 students,
among them have 6000 PhD, more than 15000 Master degree students.
Aston University - you know, when I was here I already learned that
and also now - I look at it from outside - the distinctive
of the Aston University is the future is really
is a commitment to the business and also the enterprise
and the professionals. Aston University - in my mind - is always
one of the universities, you know. I love it.
I have been thinking
all the time how I may work with Aston University.
We...in the current
capacity, I think I would like to
discuss with Vice Chancellor, Professor King,
to see how we can promote the collaboration,
and give academics chances between 2 universities.
I think 2 universities have some common
similarities. One is that we are all in the rising stage,
very rapidly as well. Secondly we pay
quite a lot of attention, both to the International
reputation and the collaboration. We're all
strong in management and also
in the life science and medical science as well.
So these are the common
interests we can have. We also... in China...in
SYSU, we are building up our disciplines, getting all our
research strengths in the engineering, as well.
In China there's still a strong interest from the students in engineering
and I know, in engineering at Aston,
it has been the strongest area
in the country, so I think this will help
SYSU for promoting its engineering
research and also teaching as well.