On October 20, 2016, Mr. CAO Guoyong, Chairman of the University Council, met with Prof. Noreen McDonald, Head of the Department of Urban Planning of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), U.S., and Prof. SONG Yan from UNC. Both sides held cordial talks and witnessed the signing of the Dual Degree Articulation Agreement between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) and Beijing Jiaotong University (P.R. China).

CAO Guoyong reviewed the cooperative relations between BJTU and UNC. He said BJTU has attached great importance to the cooperative relations with UNC. He hoped that both sides would take the MoU signing this May as an opportunity to further enhance bilateral relations to carry out deeper, broader and practical collaborations.  

Prof. Noreen McDonald said UNC cherishes the cooperative partnership between BJTU and UNC and would help promote the practical cooperation of the two universities.

Afterwards, witnessed by CAO Guoyong, Prof. XIA Haishan and Prof. Noreen McDonald co-signed the Dual Degree Articulation Agreement between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) and Beijing Jiaotong University (P.R. China).