Professor Xu Baojie, Vice President of BISTU, meets Professor Wim Ravesteijn from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. On the meeting, Prof. Xu Baojie awards certificate of Honour Professorship to Prof. Wim R.  

Following the warm welcome to the guests, Prof. Xu Baojie gives a brief introduction to BISTU. He hopes that collaboration between the two universities starts from this visit and more students and faculties could benefit from it. He also mentions that joint research between both parties shall be further explored on the basis of mutual benefit and development. Based on the strong competence of BISTU students and rising capability of research, he looks forward to pushing forward the cooperation of a wide scope in a large scale.  

Prof. Wim R also informs Prof. Xu the basic information about Delft University of Technology, his research areas and latest research results. He also explains objectives and plans for the lecture to be offered to BISTU research postgraduate and MBA students. He said he would like to have BISTU participation in his EU project. Faculties of this field will be welcome and he will also help apply for relevant final sponsorship. It is a great opportunity to combine the thoughts from east and west, he believes.  

Also present at the meeting is Prof. Lu Jing, Director of International Cooperation Department, Prof. Wang Jiuhe, Dean of Postgraduate School, Prof. Ge Xinquan, Dean of School of Economics and Management, Prof. Qu Li and Prof. Zhang Jian, Vice Deans of School of Economics and Management, as well as Prof. Wang Bin, Assistant to Dean of School of Economics and Management.  

Upon the invitation of School of Economics and Management, Prof. Wim R delivered “Innovation & Management”, a two-day lecture, for postgraduate students of BUU.  

Prof. Wim R starts the lecture by a campus tour of Delft University of Technology, followed by his research project, i.e., Management of Global Infrastructure and Sustainable Innovation. He believes construction of infrastructure cannot be viewed a single session. With regard to management of such construction, benefits of all relevant parties shall be taken into consideration. The relevant parties do not only refer to government and companies, but also local residents. Only with consent of all parties after negotiation can these construction be really implemented.  

In his lecture, Prof. Wim R produces a large number of actual examples to illustrate the importance of negotiation and consent, including the agricultural project of the Netherlands in Indonesia, construction project of Rotterdam port, etc.  

This lecture offers the postgraduate students a face-to-face chance of meeting high-degree experts. Exchange of thoughts and communication with experts also help stimulate and inspire the students in learning specialty knowledge.