Delegation of XMU-SCSI to Norway Visited Several Research Institutes in Tromsø

Xiamen University South China Sea Institute’s Delegation to Norway led by Prof. Kuen-chen Fu, Dean of the Xiamen University South China Sea Institute, visited Several Research Institutes in Tromsø on 19 September2013.

The delegation and Jan-Gunnar Winther participated in the Exchange meeting in Polar Research Institute at ten o’clock in the morning. Jan-Gunnar Winther introduced the achievements of Polar Research Institute, especially the cooperation with China on “basic design for icebreaker of China’s new polar scientific research”.

In the afternoon, the delegation met with Tore Henriksen, Dean of Law School, University of Tromsø, and another two professors. They exchanged information on the recent developments and research status of their own law school and conducted discussions on how to cooperate with each other better.

At last, the delegation visited Arctic Council to meet Magnús Jóhannesson and listened to wonderful introduction to Arctic Council given by Linnea Nordström. The delegation appreciated the outstanding abilities of information collection and website construction and sought advice on how to improve the scientificity of gathered information and how to strengthen publicity.

Editor: ZHANG Xia, LI Linhong