HSE and Peking University Discuss Prospects for Expanding Cooperation
In Moscow, HSE University’s leadership met with a delegation from Peking University headed by its President, Gong Qihuang. During the meeting, the parties agreed to strengthen partnership between the two universities within the framework of the Cross Years of Russian–Chinese Cooperation in Education (2026–2027).
HSE Rector Nikita Anisimov and Peking University President Gong Qihuang highly praised the established practice of regular engagement and expressed confidence in the continued steady expansion of cooperation between the two institutions.
Collaboration between HSE University and Peking University has been ongoing since 2019 and is based on six agreements, including those signed in May 2025 in the presence of the leaders of Russia and China.
At the meeting, the Russian side proposed developing joint research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, mathematics, and several other fields.
The Chinese side expressed readiness to support academic exchanges between researchers through the Sino–Russian Association of Fundamental Sciences.
‘We are seeing strong interest in China among our students: nearly 1,500 students and lyceum pupils are studying Chinese, and this number is growing every year,’ noted HSE Rector Nikita Anisimov. He also proposed expanding educational schools and organising scientific seminars in various disciplines in Russian, Chinese, and English.
President Gong Qihuang emphasised the importance of working with young people and suggested broadening support for student mobility, including exploring the launch of double degree programmes and cooperation in dissertation research training. He also welcomed the establishment of a dedicated unit at HSE University to coordinate cooperation projects with China.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Gong Qihuang confirmed that his university’s delegation would participate in the upcoming International Partners Week at HSE University–St Petersburg (May 18–22, 2026). He also invited Nikita Anisimov to visit Peking University and take part in international forums scheduled for the second half of this year. Following the official programme, the guests were given a tour of the HSE Pokrovsky Bulvar campus.
Participants of the meeting included:
Gong Qihuang, Rector of Peking University, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Liu Ruochuan, Dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Gao Ning, Vice Dean of the Graduate School at Peking University
Li Yun, Director of Peking University’s Office of International Relations
Ma Ren-Min, Associate Dean of the School of Physics at Peking University
Wang Ligan, Associate Professor at the School of Foreign Languages at Peking University, interpreter
Wu Xiaoxu, Project Manager at Peking University’s Office of International Relations
Nikita Anisimov, HSE Rector
Elena Odoevskaia, HSE Vice Rector
Ivan Arzhantsev, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Computer Science
Anastasia Likhacheva, Dean of the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Alexandra Skripchenko, Dean of the HSE Faculty of Mathematics
Alexey Naumov, Director of the AI and Digital Science Institute at the HSE Faculty of Computer Science
Alexey Efimov, Head of the School of Asian Studies at the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Sergei Lando, Head of the International Laboratory of Cluster Geometry at the HSE Faculty of Mathematics
Andrey Vasenko, Deputy Head of the Quantum Nanoelectronics Laboratory at the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (HSE MIEM)
Raisa Epikhina, Head of the China Unit at HSE University’s International Cooperation Office
Ilya Kozyrov, Lecturer at the School of International Regional Studies within the HSE Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, interpreter
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