On Sept. 22nd, 2017, Prof. Brian Lucid, Head of School of Design, The College of Creative Arts at Massey University, New Zealand, alongside with fellows visited the Academy. Dean Prof. LU Xiaobo and Dr. ZANG Yingchun, Director of the office of International Cooperation and Exchange met with the guests.

Prof. LU Xiaobo first welcomed the delegation and introduced recent development and strategy of the Academy. On the basis of the MOU and Exchange Agreement signed in 2016, both parties discussed about the faculty and students exchanges, collaboration in co-hosting exhibitions, academic symposium and so on, and agreed to start from faculty exchanges to deepen mutual understanding. Prof. Brain Lucid warmly invited faculty from the Academy to visit New Zealand and sincerely hoped the faculty exchanges could facilitate future cooperation.