On October 16, 2013, Professor QuZhenyuan, President of the China Association of Higher Education (CAHE)led a delegation to NIT to learn more about the universitys academic and researchprograms. Hu Chidi, Deputy Director of the Ningbo EducationBureau, and Jin Weiliang, President of NIT, accompanied the CAHE delegation on the tour.

PresidentQu and the other delegation members visited a local exhibition on achievements in education and listened with great interest and affirmation to areport on NITs history, its many successes, and its future plans. Quexpressed the hope that NIT will continue its effortsto enhance the quality of its educational programs, and he offered several valuable suggestions in this regard.