From Sept 17–23, President He Yanzheng and Zhang Xilin, Director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office, accompanied a 7-member delegation led by Zhu Shihong, Director-General of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Education, on a visit to Macao and Hong Kong.

During the visit to Macao, the delegation visited institutions including the University of Macau and MUST. At MUST, President He Yanzheng discussed further research cooperation and renewed an agreement on joint PhD training and research cooperation. At the University of Macau, President He met with President Zhao Wei, and both he and Professor Chen Ligang were appointed as doctoral supervisors.

During the visit to Hong Kong, the delegation visited the University of Hong Kong and met with Han Jin, President of the Friends of Sichuan Association (Hong Kong), and Li Lu, Director-General of the Department of Education, Science and Technology of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong. They discussed deepening cooperation between Sichuan universities and HKU and expanding and optimizing programs such as the "Sichuan University Students' Visit to Hong Kong" and the "Hong Kong-Sichuan Youth Student Exchange Program," and listened to the Liaison Office's suggestions on deepening Sichuan-Hong Kong educational and youth exchanges. The delegation also visited the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong, the Education Bureau of Hong Kong, the STEM Education Centre, the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre, and Hong Kong College of Technology to promote cooperation in vocational education, basic education, and youth exchanges.

The visit responded to the national call to strengthen mainland-Hong Kong and Macao educational cooperation, promoted exchanges between Sichuan, Hong Kong and Macao, and further strengthened our university's ties with local higher education institutions.