In the afternoon of November 3^rd  , 2015, Vice President of University of California at Riverside (UCR) Jeffry  M.Kaatz, Dean of the UCLA John E. Anderson College Wang Yunzeng and Steve  Chen, Director for Foreign Affairs from UCLA John E. Anderson College visited  MBA Center. Wang Yunzeng gave a lecture entitled "Bundled Procurement  for Technology Acquisition and Future Competition" to our MBA students,  undergraduate students from Innovation Class and students from School of  English for International Business (SEIB) and School of Accounting at the  Silk-Tex Lecture Hall. The lecture was presided by Jiang Yong, Vice Dean of  SEIB. After the lecture, Dean Wang Yunzeng and Director Steve Chen had a  cordial conversation with 14 and 15 grade undergraduate students from  Innovation Class and introduced to them the cooperation project between our  school and the UCLA John E. Anderson College, namely the 3+1+1 program of  joint undergraduate-postgraduate. They also answered questions on how to  choose universities, majors and make preparations for studying abroad raised  by students from Innovation Class. The three guests all spoke highly of the  language ability and comprehensive quality of the students form the  Innovation Class.

After the lecture, three  guests held a discussion with Zhu Wenzhong, Executive Dean of GSB, Vice Dean  Yuan Denghua, Liang Jie, Director of MBA Center Wang Gang, Director of the  Business Administration Department Ding Hao and Foreign Affairs Assistant Zhou  Ning at the MBA Central Meeting Room. Zhu Wenzhong, on behalf of our school,  delivered a speech to welcome guests from URC and pointed out that GSB had  regarded UCR as a strategic partner. He also expressed hope in carrying out  cooperation on postgraduate program of 2+1, 1+1, student exchanges and  short-term study tours based on 3+1+1 cooperation projects. At the same time,  both sides should establish closer partnership in scientific research,  teacher exchanges and enterprise resources sharing in order to build up a  platform for both students to practice and visit the enterprises. The two  sides agreed that in mid-March 2016, MBA Center of GSB would send 10-15  students to UCR for a short visit, and activities such as classes and  enterprise visits would be arranged by UCR.