On the morning of January 11, 2012, Yu Jihai, Deputy Director of Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education, Zhang Xiaodong, Director of its Eurasian Office, attended a seminar and listened to work reports at the Joint Institute for China-Russia Strategic Cooperation, Tsinghua University.

Present at the meeting were more than twenty people, including Xie Weihe, Vice President of Tsinghua, Director-General of the Joint Institute for China-Russia Strategic Cooperation, Hu Xianzhang, Chairman of the Academic Committee of the Institute, Shi Zhiqin, the Party Secretary of SHSS, Zhou Maolin, Associate Dean of SHSS, as well as leaders from both the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange and the Scientific Research Institution, experts and scholars in the related areas of Tsinghua.

The meeting was chaired by Hu Xianzhang. Mr. Yu explained the two aims of his visit to Tsinghua University. Wang Qi, Deputy Director of the Joint Institute, reported on the achievements in cooperation with Russia for the last year, the scientific research projects in progress, the specific work plan for this year, and the goals for further development, and she also gave a few suggestions.