A signing ceremony for a strategic partnership agreement between leading Chinese and British universities was held in Beijing on Nov 28, celebrating their mutual progress and forging deeper ties.

Witnessed by representatives from the Ministry of Education, the British embassy and the British Council, delegations from Beijing Normal University and Cardiff University in Wales reflected on what they have achieved through joint endeavors, and discussed how to further their cooperation in fields such as humanities, arts, statistics, social sciences and artificial intelligence.

Cardiff University President Colin Riordan says the establishment of the BNU-CU Chinese College in Cardiff is one of the biggest accomplishments to date as it's an unprecedented attempt to base a joint college by Chinese and British universities in the United Kingdom.