Professor Shigenori Wakabayashi, Vice President of Chuo University, Japan visited School of Foreign Languages (SFL) on June 25th 2013. He was warmly received by Professor Ma Qiuwu, Dean of SFL, Associate Prof Li Yuling, The chair of Japanese Department and Dr. Chen Yili, Assistant to the Dean.

In this visit, Professor Shigenori Wakabayashi intended to enhance the academic cooperation and expand the scale of international exchange in the filed of Language Education between Chuo and Tongji. It is expected that, thanks to this visit, further collaborative partnerships will be founded and developed between two universities.

Chuo University was founded in 1885 and has since carried on a strong tradition of providing practical education based on British empiricism and rationalism, as well as maintaining the founding spirit of nurturing human resources in a dynamic and supportive atmosphere. Chuo University's six faculties and their graduate schools, as well as three professional graduate schools (Chuo Graduate School of International Accounting, Chuo Law School and Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management), act as a comprehensive institution of higher education that promotes innovative research and study in a broad range of academic fields. It has partnership agreements with 129 colleges, universities and education organizations in 29 countries worldwide and is actively exchanging students with 91 institutions in 24 countries.