Joint venture institute launched

Updated: 2015-06-21 00:43

By Chen Weihua(China Daily USA)

Joint venture institute launched

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong applauds when University of Pittsburgh President Patrick Gallagher and Sichuan University President Xie Heping unveiled the plate for the Sichuan University - Pittsburgh Institute. The joint venture institute, located at Chengdu of China's Sichuan province, will start this fall with 100 students. It aims to have 1,600 students in seven years, according to Gallagher. The event held at the University of Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon is a series of events Liu will attend in the US before the 6th China-US High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange, which will officially kick off in Washington on June 23 by Liu and US Secretary of State John Kerry. [Photo by Chen Weihua/China Daily]