On September 9, 2026, Chen Jingzhan, Director of Clermont School of Business Shanghai Campus, led a delegation to visit Shandong Jianzhu University. Wang Qingbiao, Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of SDJZU, met with the delegation.

Wang Qingbiao first extended a welcome on behalf of the University, introduced SDJZU’s history, the features of its disciplines and programs, and its international exchanges and cooperation, and outlined the University’s vision for future international exchanges and cooperation from four dimensions: the state and trends of higher education development worldwide, in China and in Shandong, and China-France educational exchanges and cooperation. He noted that SDJZU attaches great importance to exchanges and cooperation with French institutions of higher education, and looked forward to in-depth discussions on cooperation matters and the gradual development of practical and efficient exchanges and cooperation.

Chen Jingzhan introduced the basic situation of Clermont School of Business, particularly its history, disciplinary and program setup, enrollment and employment, and international cooperation. He pointed out that Clermont School of Business attaches great importance to exchanges and cooperation with Chinese institutions of higher education, and hoped that this visit would lead to cooperation consensus with our University in a number of areas.

Subsequently, the participants discussed matters of exchanges and cooperation and reached consensus in many aspects. The two sides agreed to take this meeting as an opportunity to gradually carry out exchanges and cooperation in cooperative education, joint student training, mutual visits of faculty and students, and research cooperation.

Founded in 1919, Clermont School of Business is a century-old institution affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France, and ranks 73rd in the latest QS list of the world’s top 100 business schools. The school engages more than 200 corporate mentors and dual-qualified teachers in student training, maintains close ties with multinational corporations, and has established cooperation and exchange relations with more than 100 universities in over 50 countries worldwide.

Responsible persons from the Office of Social Sciences, the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, the School of Management Engineering, the Business School and the School of Law attended the talks.