The President of Yale University, Richard C. Levin, will lead a delegation to Beijing on May 6-10, which coincides with Yale's 300th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of the Yale-China Association.
The delegation will visit Beijing University, Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in the Chinese capital.
Levin will present speeches focusing on global universities and the influence of American universities on economy at the two elite Chinese universities, respectively, and will be involved in seminars there.
Apart from Beijing, Levin will also visit Hong Kong, Changsha, Shanghai and Ningbo.
(People's Daily 05/01/2001)