On 15 January the Association of Catalan Public Universities (ACUP in its Catalan accronym) organized a seminar on “The Chinese university system: finding avenues of collaboration between China and Catalonia”, which was held at the Technical University of Catalonia on its Barcelona Campus.

In a program with speakers from both cultures, the seminar underlined the tremendous growth of the Chinese university and research systems and the various avenues of collaboration that Catalan universities can explore in order to build solid bridges with this world power. Some universities also presented their experiences as best practices. The clear conclusion that can be drawn from this event was that China is a country that cannot be ignored if the URV aspires to being a truly international university.