The Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European Atlantic University) (UNEATLANTICO) consolidates its international presence in the Liaoning Subforum of the Pudong 2025 Innovation Forum and in the Northeast Asia Technology Exchange and Cooperation Conference, under the motto “Innovation, Leadership, Cooperation and Profit-Sharing”.
The event was attended by leading Chinese officials, including Wang Xinwei, Governor of the province; Wang Libo, Deputy Governor of Liaoning Province; Long Teng, Vice Minister of Science and Technology of China; and Chen Jie, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, as well as academic leaders and experts from universities in Japan, Germany, the UK, the US, Kazakhstan and other countries.
The rector of UNEATLANTICO, Rubén Calderón Iglesias, personally led the Spanish delegation at this event, highlighting his commitment to academic and scientific cooperation between Spain and China. During the conference, Rubén Calderón Iglesias signed a strategic agreement with the rector Li Bin of the Shenyang Agricultural University to create the China-Spain Joint Laboratory for Healthy Food, Nutrition and Innovation “Belt and Road”. This agreement strengthens the links between the two institutions and symbolises a new impetus in cultural, educational and scientific exchanges within the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative. The active participation of Rector Rubén Calderón Iglesias highlighted UNEATLANTICO’s proactivity in internationalization, academic excellence and scientific innovation.
The UNEATLANTICO delegation was accompanied by Sun Junting, responsible for its Representative Office in China. The representatives of Shenyang Agricultural University participated actively in all activities, consolidating a model of educational and cultural cooperation between Spain and China, and reaffirming UNEATLANTICO’s position as an international reference in higher education.