Mr. Wu Bing, vice president of BAI, led a delegation to visit Poland and Ukraine from June 13 to 20, at the invitation of the Lech Kaczynski National School of Public Administration(KSAP), Lomza government, and the Odessa Regional Institute for Public Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (ORIPA NAPA). Members of the delegation included Ms.Li Xiumei, Associate professor of Law Department, Ms.Yu Shuping, associate researcher of Library, Mr.Fu Qiang, associate professor of Law Department, Mr.Ji Qiaolong and Mr.Jin Ruoshan, both lecturer of Law Department. The delegation reached out for partnerships, and conducted academic exchanges on law enforcement, law-based governance, civil servant training and library service.

Established 30 years ago, the Lech Kaczynski National School of Public Administration(KSAP), with the name of the President of Poland was conferred upon, trains civil servants and high-level officials in the administration of Poland. Director of KSAP, Dr. Wojciech Federczyk extended warm welcome to the delegation on June 14. Representatives of KSAP made a series of presentation on Polish Civil Service System, Intramural Training and Continuous Training at KSAP, KSAP development projects and international cooperation. Mr. Wu Bing briefed on the training, research, consultation and international cooperation of BAI. Both sides agreed to enhance further cooperation. Following the meeting, two sides signed Memorandum of Understanding to ensure regular reciprocal visits and to enhance our partnership in the new era.

BAI delegation also visited Lomza, a city in the northeast of Poland and 150km from its capital, Warsaw. It also serves as a key hub of economy, education and culture in Masovian. Agriculture and industry play a significant role in the local economic development. The Lomza Brewery, which was dated back to 1968, is the fourth largest brewery in Poland that yields quality beers to the world. In recent years, the city of Lomza has continuously strengthened urban construction to attract talents and improve the living standards of urban residents. The deputy mayor warmly received our delegation with the participation of government consultant and the head of the Entrepreneur Assistance Center. The two sides discussed urban law enforcement legal training and exchanged experiences of public administration in the two countries.

The delegation arrived in Odessa, the second largest city in the Republic of Ukraine On June 15. The Odessa Regional Institute for Public Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (ORIPA NAPA) attached great importance to the visit and received the delegation with meticulous preparation and gracious hospitality. Mr. Wu Bing and Mr. Mykola Izha, Director of ORIPA NAPA, had a cordial talk by reviewing the development and achievement of partnership in the past few years and had an in-depth exchange of views on future cooperation.

In the following days, accompanied by his counterpart Mr. Popov Mykola, Mr. Wu Bing lead the delegation to the city of Vylkove and Izmail in Odessa oblast, and conducted academic exchange with local self-government bodies and leadership respectively on the topics of grassroots law enforcement, grassroots governance by rule of law, environment protection, etc. In addition, the delegation visited the Odessa oblast Prosecutor's Office and held meetings with its leadership and staff to learn the innovations in the prosecution of Odessa. The Ukrainian side was impressed by the tremendous achievements China has made after reform and opening up, and expressed the hope of carrying out diversified exchanges and cooperation in the future.

On June 19, ORIPA NAPA hosted a round table conference “Experience of Civil Servants Training in Ukraine and China” with participation of our delegation, Consul General of China in Odessa, Mr. Song Liqun, representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Odessa, and over 20 faculty members of the institute. Mr. Wu Bing introduced China’s national civil servant training system and the innovation of training at BAI. Ms. Yu Shuping presented the practice in offering library service to officials training. Two institutes aspired to strengthen academic exchanges and research cooperation, which were also supported by the two diplomats.

BAI and ORIPA NAPA have maintained the tradition of high-level visits since forging partnership 6 years ago. The visit consolidated the traditional friendship between two institutes and lift the bilateral partnership to a higher level.

The seven-day productive visit has achieved fruitful results, expanded the cooperation between BAI and institutes overseas, improved the international vision of our faculty, and updated the understanding of the cutting-edge research and practice in the field of civil servant training, law-based governance and law enforcement.