President of the International Studies University in Zhejiang, China, received Prof. Dr. Essam ElKurdy, vice president of Alexandria University for Community Service and Environmental Development, and his delegation in the administration building in in Hangzhou.

During the meeting, they discussed ways of cooperation between the two universities through the exchange of staff members and graduate students, and participation in conferences and seminars to learn about the features of the Egyptian and Chinese cultures. The university president in China expressed his desire to send graduate students to study Arabic at the Faculty of Arts and Specialized Studies at the University of Alexandria, and also he expressed his desire to sign a memorandum of understanding between the two universities. Furthermore, Prof. Essam Kurdish delivered an introductory lecture for Alexandria University and its faculties and the Centre for Arabic Language in Faculty of Arts. Then Dr. Kurdy and his accompanying delegation moved to the Chinese capital of Beijing to open up new prospects for cooperation in the fields of scientific and cultural exchanges between the University of Alexandria and the Chinese educational institutions.