On 11th April 2016, Vice President Jiang Bo met with President Idris Rai from StateUniversity of Zanzibar to discuss the potential cooperation between the twouniversities.

Vice President Jiang Bo extended warm welcometo President Idris Rai, introduced the general situation of the university andcarried out discussion regarding collaboration in the field of education,culture, scientific research and South-South cooperation. He claimed thatTongji University has always been valuing cooperation with Africa, especiallyunder the strategic guidance of One Belt One Road and Comprehensively PromotingSino-Africa Partnership which was proposed by President Xi Jinping in the Forumon China-Africa Cooperation. China-Africa Cooperation is welcomingunprecedented historic opportunities.

President Idris Rai introduced the basicsituation of State University of Zanzibar and expressed expectation ofcooperation with Tongji University in mutually advanced disciplines, such asenvironment, ocean, medicine, transportation, urban planning, electronics andinformation and international relations, etc.

During the next two days, President IdrisRai, respectively, met with leaders from UNEP- Tongji IESD, School of Medicine,CAUP, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, School of PoliticalScience and International Relations and International Student Office. Regardingthe cooperation to be carried out, they have reached primary agreement on thenature, scope and approaches of the cooperation.

At the end, in order to deepen theunderstanding of opportunities and challenges between universities in China andAfrica in the framework of sustainable development, members from Tongji Instituteof Higher Education conducted an interview with President Idris Rai with thetheme of Sustainable Development Model in the collaboration between Chinese andAfrican universities. In aspects of government mechanism, universitymanagement, operational pattern, and sustainable strategy, deep communicationwas achieved. Leaders from International Exchange and Cooperation Office,International Student Office and IESD also participated in the interview.