At the opening ceremony, Rector of the Moscow State University, academician Viktor Sadovnichy and President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Krasnikov noted the “high level of contacts and practical interaction between the two countries in the field of science and education.” As a result of the joint work of leading Russian and Chinese scientists and talented practicing teachers, a unique scientific and pedagogical environment for training specialists in various fields, speaking both Russian and Chinese, has been formed in Shenzhen. The ceremony was also attended by Rector of Beijing Polytechnic Institute Academician Long Teng, Rector of MSU-BIT University Li Hexiang, representatives of the Russian Embassy in China, and the Ministry of Education of China. V.A. Sadovnichy and Chinese colleagues signed a memorandum of agreement between Moscow State University and Beijing Polytechnic Institute, as well as a memorandum on cooperation to organize the work of the joint applied mathematics research center at the MSU-BIT University. Strategic cooperation agreements were also signed between the MSU-BIT University and a number of Chinese corporations.

From October 24th to 29th, an extensive scientific program took place at the MSU-BIT University: meetings with scientists and cultural figures, scientific shows, scientific picnics, lectures, master classes, exhibitions, tours, and much more.

More than 50 members of the Russian and Chinese academies of sciences, scientists, and heads of scientific institutes and laboratories were invited to the festival. Moscow Pedagogical State University was represented by Andrew Naumov – head of the LPI RAS, branch in Troitsk, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the Department of Theoretical Physics named after Edward V. Shpolsky at IPTIS MPSU, head of department of the Institute of Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Andrew Naumov had a lecture with the topic “Photonics as a key area of natural sciences” in which he told how photonic technologies are changing modern life, penetrating into most sectors of production and science. Andrew Naumov told the audience about interesting and unusual tools and interdisciplinary applications of photonics in medicine, biology, astrophysics, space exploration, materials science, and energetics.