RESEARCH EXCHANGE BETWEEN COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY & ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Spring 2016
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Colorado State and Anhui Agricultural University continue to strengthen their strategy partnership, which has a specific research focus on rural agricultural and community development. In January, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Dr. Dan Bush, Associate Provost for Instructional Innovation Dr. Mike Palmquist, Vice President for Engagement Dr. Lou Swanson, and Department of Sociology Assistant Professor KuoRay Mao visited Hefei to discuss joint research collaboration and faculty exchange programs.
In March, Dr. Swanson and Dr. Mao traveled to Beijing. Together with a delegation from AAU including Dr. Yao Zuowen, AAU Vice President, and Dr. Ma Youhua, Vice Director of New Rural Development Institute, they met with representatives from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Institute of Sociology and Rural Development Institute. They also met with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Research Center for the Rural Economy. The Ministry indicated support for the joint research institute initiatives underway at CSU and AAU, and invited the universities to their biannual report to the Central government on agriculture and rural society.
科罗拉多州立大学和安徽农业大学继续加强两校间的战略合作，特别是在乡镇农业与社区发展方面的研究。2016年一月，科罗拉多州立大学分管教授事务副教务长Dan Bush博士、创新教学副教务长Mike Palmquist博士、大学拓展副校长Lou Swanson以及社会系教授毛国瑞访问了合肥，并就联合研究合作和教师交流项目进行了研讨。
2016年三月，Lou Swanson副校长和毛国瑞教授在安徽农业大学代表团——姚佐文副校长和新农村发展研究院副主任马友华的陪同下访问北京。他们会见了中国社会科学院农村发展部门和中国农业部农村经济研究中心的负责人。中国农业部表示非常支持科罗拉多州立大学和安徽农业大学发起的联合研究院，并且还邀请两校参加中央政府两年一度的农业与农村社会报告研讨会。