As part of the Strategic Partnership University Project, an international exchange event was held on Sunday, April 17, 2011, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Japan time), where students from the University of Tokyo and Tsinghua University discussed university life, economics, and society online.

81 students (43 from the University of Tokyo and 38 from Tsinghua University) exchanged opinions online under the leadership of 11 students (6 from the University of Tokyo and 5 from Tsinghua University) about the following topics.

1) Background of technological development
2) Permeability of Japanese culture in China
3) Educational industry and government
4) How to live an ordinary school life
5) Social issues
6) Olympic and paralympic games
7) Business start-ups
8) Carbon-free society

This event has been held twice in the past. The date of this 3rd event was the anniversary of Tsinghua University’s founding.
The exchange was made livelier than ever by establishing three languages (English, Chinese and Japanese) and adopting an icebreaker and so on.
Thanks to the leaders’ effort, more than 96 percent of respondents answered “I want to join a similar event in the future” on the questionnaire.