Within the framework of the XIII International Forum for Technological Development «Technoprom-2026,» the first international forum «Russia. Novosibirsk. China» was held. The event was dedicated to cooperation between the two countries in the fields of education, business, science, and innovation.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a representative delegation from Zhejiang University (PRC) — one of China’s leading universities and a long-standing strategic partner of SPbPU. The visit continued the work to strengthen the anchor partnership, a status SPbPU received in November 2025, with the key area of interaction defined as the Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mechatronic Systems of the Chinese university. The delegation was led by Professor Xu Bing, Director of the School of Mechanical Engineering.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a visit by a delegation from Xiangtan University (China). The university is located in the city of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, and is among the leading public research universities in the PRC. At SPbPU, the Chinese university is regarded as a promising partner for developing joint educational programs and a project-based cooperation model in the engineering and technology field.
The International Polytechnic Summer School — 2026 is underway at SPbPU. The annual project brings together students from different countries, and in the year of the cross‑year partnership between Russia and China in education, the focus is on Chinese participants. Polytechnic University, which cooperates with more than 100 Chinese universities, has welcomed the first cohort of students from three leading partner universities: Zhejiang University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, and China University of Geosciences.
Lecturers from the Graduate School of Cyber-Physical Systems Management at SPbPU visited Lanzhou Jiaotong University (LZJTU) — one of China’s oldest specialised higher education institutions. The visit continued the cooperation that has been developing since the signing of an agreement between SPbPU and LZJTU in January 2021. During this time, the universities have moved from academic exchanges and individual scientific contacts to joint research in the field of intelligent transport systems and the participation of Polytechnic staff in a major research and educational project in Gansu.
A delegation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST, China) paid a visit to SPbPU. The university, which is among the top world rankings (QS 319, THE 176, ARWU 73), is located in Wuhan, which is called China’s «optical valley»: it is here that the country’s scientific elite is concentrated. The university is famous for its engineering and medical schools and is one of the leading universities in Central China.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) hosted a high‑level delegation from Zhejiang University (ZJU, China) led by Vice President Professor Lizhong Wang.
On June 3, a delegation from Tsinghua University headed by the university president, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, leading scientist in the field of biomechanics and neuromodulation, Professor Li Luming, visited Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU).
A large-scale innovation event, the «Conference on Industrial Innovation Exchange for High-Quality Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta Region,» took place in Hefei (Anhui Province, China). The forum, organized by the National Center of Technology Innovation for the Yangtze River Delta (NICE), was one of the key events of the 4th China (Anhui) Exhibition of Scientific and Technological Innovation Achievements and Technology Transfer.
During the cross‑year of Russian‑Chinese partnership in education, a delegation from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), led by Vice‑Rector for Additional and Pre‑University Education Dmitry Tikhonov, made a large‑scale working visit to the People’s Republic of China.
In April 2026, it will be ten years since the Representative Office of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) opened in the dynamically developing Pudong district — the business heart of Shanghai. It became the first official representative office of a Russian university in the PRC, and over the past decade has turned into one of the main bridges connecting science, education, and industry of the two great powers.
On April 6, 2026, the World-Class University Presidents Forum & Expo began in Xi’an, China. A delegation from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), led by First Vice-Rector Vitaly Sergeev, arrived at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) to participate in celebrations marking the 130th anniversary of the Chinese university. The delegation also included Head of the International Education Department Evgeniya Satalkina, Head of the International Educational Programs and Academic Mobility Department Olga Emelianova, and Lead Manager of the SPbPU Representative Office in China Darina Balzhimaeva. On the first day of the visit, SPbPU representatives took part in key events, including a meeting of the Executive Board of the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR).
Polytechnic University hosted a delegation from one of the most prestigious universities in the world — Tsinghua University (China), in particular, Weixian College. Cooperation between the universities dates back to the 1950s, with the arrival of the first Chinese specialists to study in Leningrad. A landmark event was the signing in 1987 of one of the first partnership agreements between universities of the USSR and China — Leningrad Polytechnic Institute and Tsinghua University. The close cooperation of research teams and the consistent support of management in the implementation of numerous joint projects played a key role in the development of both universities as leading national centers of education and science.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a working meeting with representatives of one of the university’s key partners, Xi’an Technological University (XATU, China). The delegation arrived at Polytechnic University to strengthen scientific and educational cooperation within the framework of the joint Polytechnic Institute.
The Secretary General of the Institute of Russia at Tsinghua University, Liu Wei, paid a working visit to Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Tsinghua University is a leading Chinese university and a long-standing strategic partner of SPbPU. Every year, universities hold many events, and our cooperation covers a large number of areas of activity.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a representative delegation from China. A group of heads of the Central China Normal University (CCNU), led by the Chairman of the University Council, Secretary of the Party Committee, Professor Xia Lixin, paid an official visit to the university. This visit was a landmark event aimed at translating the existing partnership, enshrined in the 2023 agreement, into the practical plane of real joint projects.
Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice-Rector for Additional and Pre-University Education, and Olga Emelianova, Head of the Department of International Educational Programs and Academic Mobility, paid a working visit to the SPbPU Representative Office in Shanghai. The purpose of the trip is to expand international academic and scientific cooperation, promote international professional development programs in the form of internships, and present the new project «SPbPU Center for International Internships» to the leaders of the Chinese educational market.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a series of study visits by delegations from leading Chinese universities: Tsinghua University (QS20), Zhejiang University (QS49) and Beijing University (QS13).
A delegation from the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) and the Suzhou Automotive Research Institute of Tsinghua University (TSARI) arrived at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) to strengthen their strategic partnership.
St. Petersburg Polytechnic University held a meeting with the representatives of South China University of Technology (SCUT) aimed at strengthening academic and scientific cooperation between the universities. The delegation of SCUT was headed by the Vice-President of the University Li Zheng, who noted the similarity of the structures of our universities: concentration on technical and engineering spheres, as well as in the field of composite materials and energy.
