On September 24, Mr. Hu Wei, Secretary-General of the China Scholarship Council led a delegation to Christchurch, where a signing ceremony for the renewal of high-level talent joint training cooperation agreements with the University of Canterbury, Lincoln University, the University of Waikato, and Auckland University of Technology was held at the Consulate-General of China in Christchurch. Ambassador Wang Xiaolong sent a congratulatory letter to the ceremony. Counsellor Ms. Tang Yun attended the ceremony and read out the Ambassador's congratulatory letter. Mr David Downs, Chief Executive of Education New Zealand, Mr Xu Haiyuan, Acting Consul-General of China in Christchurch, and representatives of the aforementioned universities attended the event.

After the ceremony, Mr. Hu Wei and Mr David Downs jointly planted flowers of friendship, wishing China-New Zealand educational cooperation continued progress and fruitful results.