On Sep.5th, 2016, Dean Martyn Hook, Deputy Dean Laurene Vaughan from School of Media and Communication, RMIT University visited the Academy. Dean LU Xiaobo, Director of Information Art & Design Prof. XU Yingqing, Director of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange Dr. ZANG Yingchun, Prof. MA Quan from Visual Communication Design Department met with the guests and had a deep conversation.

Dean LU first expressed warm welcome to Dean Martyn Hook, and he appreciated he choosing the Academy as the first stop of his trip to China. Dean Martyn Hook introduced the structure, ranking, research projects and international cooperation of the School. After that Dean LU Xiaobo, Director XU Yingqing, Prof. MA Quan explained the teaching and researching areas of the Academy and the two departments. Both parties agreed that the two institutions share a lot of common interests in information art design and visual communication design area, and decided to start deep cooperation in the Academy level and in department level as well.

After the Meeting, Dean Martyn Hook and Deputy Dean Laurene Vaughan visited some labs and studios of the Academy. They highly praised the teaching facilities and scientific research achievements.