On the afternoon of May 10, 2018, the dean of the China and Asia-Pacific Affairs Institute of the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and the Standing Committee of the State Council, Tajiana Naurtzeva, visited the university. The symposium was held in the first conference room of Yanta Campus. Vice President Chen Junbin attended. The heads of the International Exchange and Cooperation Division, the university of Economics and Management, the university of Foreign Languages, and the university of International Education attended the forum.

The two sides held talks on undergraduate and master's exchange programs in economics, management, language, etc., and discussed the cooperation possibilities of the university's featured activities“Silk Road Rally”and“Energy Roundtable".