On the morning of December 20, President Liu Li met with Professor Lawrence Abeln, President of Richmond, The American International University in London in Britain, in conference room 906 of the comprehensive building. Both sides reviewed the past cooperation between the two universities and discussed the future cooperation in various ways.

First of all, President Liu warmly welcomed President Lawrence Abeln’s visit on behalf of Beijing Language and Culture University. President Liu said that BLCU and Richmond, The American International University in London had already carried out inter-school cooperation as early as the 1980s, when BLCU sent teachers to participate in training programs and received students from the university to study BLCU. The cooperation between the two schools has a very long history.

President Lawrence Abeln first thanked President Liu for his reception, then introduced to President Liu the situation of the unversity and explained why the name of a British university contains the word “US”. He said Richmond, The American International University in London is a university located in the British higher education environment but with American higher education characteristics.

On this visit, he hopes to use the cooperation platform between the two universities and the foundation funds to attract more BLCU students to study at Richmond U.S. International University and expand the proportion of Chinese students studying in the university. Therefore, Richmond U.S. International University is willing to offer 2-3 full scholarship places each year to outstanding students in BLCU to study for a one-year master’s degree at Richmond, The American International University in London.