On July 26, President Wei Xianwen, leading a delegation of scholars of Anhui University of Technology (AHUT), attended the University Presidents Forum on “New Engineering Programs, New Metallurgical Engineering” held at Northeastern University, China. The 27th National Education Seminar on Metallurgical Engineering Programs was held at the forum. 19 university presidents and over 200 experts gathered at the forum to exchange ideas in depth about cultivating engineering talents for a new era.

President Wei delivered a keynote speech with the title “Embrace the Changing Future, Cultivate New Engineering Talents with Collaborative Efforts”on the forum. He shared with experts about AHUT’s practices and experience in new engineering programs development and first-class bachelor-level education, and efforts endeavored at AHUT to facilitate the development of metallurgy-materialchained programs and characterized development of metallurgical engineering programs, which are orientated to meet up with new economic situations. President Wei’s speech has attracted a lot of attention from the attendees. President Wei also presided over the afternoon session of the forum.