November24, the delegates of “Confucius China Studies Program-Youth Leaders Fellowship” jointly sponsored by Jiangsu University and the University of Graz of Austria paid a visit to Jiangsu University. 24 distinguished youths from political and business circles of Steiermark, Austria had a formal discussion of more than 2 hours with faculties and students of MBA Center of Jiangsu University. Present at the meeting were heads of the International Office, the School of Management, the MBA Center of Jiangsu University, etc. After the meeting President Yuan Shouqi of Jiangsu University interviewed all the visitors from Austria.

During the talks, the interested participants from Austria and China discussed the thematic speech and a wide scope of other topics. The youth leaders from Austria that toured the campus and visited the History Museum of Jiangsu University after the meeting were deeply impressed by the teaching facilities and achievements of Jiangsu University.

Initiated by Confucius Institute Headquarters, “Confucius China Studies Program” sponsor researches of distinguished youths from all over the world, and specifically Youth Leaders Fellowship offers to help distinguished youths from political, business and academic circles of all other countries to visit China for 2 weeks to 6 months. Generally the youths to receive this fellowship are not more than 40 years old.