On May 18th, Qiu Xueqing, president of GDUT, led a team to visit Tsinghua University and met with Li Luming, president of Tsinghua University. The two sides had a discussion on strengthening exchanges and cooperation and promoting personnel training. Zhu Weiwei, deputy secretary of CPC GDUT Committee, and Yu Lin, vice president, attended the discussion. On the same day, the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of GDUT was invited to hold a symphony chorus concert of "Climbing and Supporting" in the new concert hall. Jin Yong, professor of chemical engineering department of Tsinghua University and academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, attended the event.

Li Luming welcomed Qiu Xueqing and his delegation. He said that Tsinghua is willing to work with GDUT, based on its own disciplinary advantages, to serve the national strategy,explore a new collaborative path, and jointly contribute to the strength of colleges and universities to a strong educational country.
Qiu Xueqing introduced the overall development of GDUT, and expressed his gratitude to Tsinghua University for its support. He hoped that Tsinghua would continue to provide assistance in discipline construction and scientific research, and jointly help the construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area through pragmatic cooperation between the two sides, so as to better serve the national strategic needs.