Kirill Milyakov - 2nd year student of MPEI branch in Volzhsky
Between 19 and 25 July, 2021, I was studying in the Summer School of the
University Alliance of New Silk Road in China. Due to the pandemic, the
education was carried out remotely.
Xi’an Jiaotong Transport University is a technical
educational organization that is included in the League C9 (Alliance of 9 elite
Universities of China). It is considered a top not only in China, but in the
whole Asia. University at which I passed the Summer school is a center of the
University Alliance “Silk Road” created to build the study cooperation and
stimulation of economic growth in the countries situated along the economic
belt of the Silk Road. The
city of location is Xi’an.
The education was carried out in English. To get admitted it was needed
to send the documents (CV in English, international certificates confirming the
knowledge of Chinese or English and the transcript in English). In two weeks
after the application, I received a letter from the Chinese part that I had passed the selection
and was invited to study. In the current program more than 200 people took
part, 8 of them were from Russia, the rest were from UAE, Azerbaijan, Pakistan,
China, Turkey, Turkmenistan, India, Canada, France and other countries.
Daily lectures were divided in two parts: informative and acquainting.
During the informative one professors told us about a certain field or
direction or topic. We listened to the lectures of remarkable professors: Liu
Maochang, Li Feng, Zhu Xv, Meng Fanrong, Shen Nan. During the lectures we had
an opportunity to pose the questions. The topics of the lectures were:
"Energy production from hydrogen"; "Chips in Solar Panels";
“China's Role in Global Governance”; “Development and Evaluation of Global
Science and Technology Societies”; "Tik-Tok as a bridge between China and
the whole world".
The opening ceremony surprised me a lot. Even being prepared in advance
and having read of the Xi’an University, I couldn’t have imagined such a big
Campus. Frankly speaking, I haven’t seen so much place for studying. It seemed
like it was not an Institute, but a kind of city inside the city. As well, I
was surprised by the multitude of specialties, modern innovation methods of science
development and teachers amenity.
China is trying to unite the world by common goals and solve different international
problems. “Scientists of the world should help each other and not fight each
other”,- professor Zhu Xv said.
We were shown a report about the life of a student in Xi’an Transport
University in the field of Power Engineering. The Institute seems to be lively
and interesting. Students of different nationalities that you don’t expect to
meet in China surprised me a lot.
I was actively participating in lectures and asked many questions that
were always answered in a profound manner. In Campus there were many places for
leisure, conversation, some places to get rest and dinner and enormous
libraries where you could find new ideas. The laboratories were also impressive
by their scale. It was underlined that in China a lot is given to science, its
popularization and improvement.
China is one of the few countries that is ready to invest a lot in
science and culture in many spheres. Moreover, the country actively invites
foreigners to the Campuses because of their fresh view and approach. In China
there is no difference in your nationality, you are never met by your outward
appearance, you are met by your present and future merits. Apart from the
development of the Institutes in different fields, there are some
science-technical Societies. As an example there is AAAS, whose members receive
access to all archives and libraries in different domains opened since 1880.
The opportunity to study the literature of a completely new field, History, for
example, is incredible. And among the other features there are discounts on
goods of Apple, Office, Subaru and other brands. I was surprised that the
members of the society can live in certain hotels for free and have free
medical insurance. The biggest advantage and obligation is to publish the
scientific articles in journals, newspapers, sites and to carry out conferences
and science research. While writing the papers the member is constantly in
touch with the professors and scientists that help to work out some details in
reports and offer common projects. Apart from the mentioned bonuses, for the
scientific publications the Society is paying the author. It is very honorable
to be a scientist in China, and you can work along with the studies. These were
the ideas from the interesting and informative lecture of professor Meng
Fanrong.
In the summer school I learned many new captivating things, the lectures
broadened my horizon, my time seemed to go unnoticed and fast. The activities
were perfectly organized, memorable, optimistic and productive. I got an
immense experience and knowledge that I would gladly apply in my further
development. I really hope that in the future I will be able to participate in
a similar event.