PolyU Participated in the World-Class University Presidents’ Forum and the University Alliance of the Silk Road Executive Council Meeting 2026

From 7 to 8 April 2026, the World-Class University Presidents’ Forum and Expo was held at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) during the university’s 130^th anniversary celebrations. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) participated in the event alongside 29 other universities and research institutions to exchange insights into the key role of higher education in global governance, artificial intelligence, and talent cultivation. At the higher education expo, which attracted over 500 visitors from local universities and secondary schools, Professor Jiannong Cao, Vice President (Education) of PolyU, delivered a speech highlighting student-centred learning and teaching and the PolyU Education 4.0 initiative. 

As co-founder and Vice President of the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR), PolyU attended the UASR Executive Council Meeting on 7 April with fellow member institutions, namely XJTU, Harbin Institute of Technology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Nazarbayev University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pusan National University, Samarkand State University, and the University of Liverpool. Members approved membership applications and deliberated on strategies for deepening collaborative efforts in future initiatives. 

PolyU is committed to strengthening strategic collaboration and partnerships with universities worldwide. Through the UASR platform, we continue to support the Belt and Road Initiative and promote substantive academic exchange across the Belt and Road region. Jointly established by PolyU and XJTU in 2015, the UASR is a non-governmental and non-profit alliance aimed at providing an open and international collaborative platform in higher education.