Links are being established with the Xi'an Jiaotong University Publishing House

A meeting with the delegation of Xi'an Jiaotong University took place at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. At the meeting, Deputy Chairman of the Board of KazNU - First Vice-Rector Erkin Duisenov familiarised the guests with the achievements of the university and noted the systematic establishment of partnership with Chinese universities.

‘Today KazNU actively carries out academic, research work within the framework of signed agreements with Chinese educational institutions. In 2022/23 academic year 64 professors of KazNU visited universities of the PRC, where six doctoral students, two master's students and six undergraduate students of KazNU were trained. From 2022 to the present, two professors have been invited to KazNU to give lectures from the PRC. To date, 969 PRC students are studying at our university, of which 308 - in the framework of the scholarship programme, 661 - on a contractual basis,’ - said the Vice-Rector.

In turn, Ms Chen Li, Editor-in-Chief of Xi'an Jiaotong University Publishing House, spoke about the main activities of the publishing house and provided information about the products.

‘Today, our printing house is the basic textbook publishing house in the People's Republic of China. The printing house is one of the first state-level printing houses covering higher education and scientific research, and is among the top 100 printing houses in the country. The publishing house has 158 employees and consists of 17 departments. To date, it has published about 34,000 books, including more than 1,300 journals and more than 500 various electronic publications,’ Chen Li said.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed in detail the areas of joint preparation of scientific textbooks and establishing co-operation in the field of publishing in the future.

Press-service of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University