On February 20, 2019，Prof. Susanne Leist, Vice President of the University of Regensburg (UR), and Prof. Werner Kunz of the Institute of Physics and Theoretical Chemistry visited Ocean University of China (OUC). OUC’s Assistant President Yu Li received the guests in Xingyuan Building, Laoshan Campus. After expressing his welcome to the delegation, Assistant President Yu gave an overview of OUC and its international cooperation and exchanges. He said that OUC’s being included in China’s plan of building world-class universities in 2017 brought about new opportunities, and that the construction of the new campus in Qingdao’s West Coast New Area created greater prospects for its development. He noted that OUC was looking forward to more exchanges and cooperation with UR, a prestigious institution in Germany. Vice President Susanne Leist elaborated on UR’s faculties and academic achievements. She said that the institution, with natural sciences as its strengths, had attached great importance to the students’ all-round development by offering rich learning resources and opportunities of international exchanges. She expressed her hope that UR and OUC could sign an MOU on joint education programs, offering students of both sides more opportunities of studying abroad.