On September 20, 2024, during the visit of a delegation from Huazhong University of Science and Technology to our university, a signing ceremony for the renewal of the academic exchange agreement was held at our institute. After a welcoming address by Masato Katahira, Director of the Institute of Advanced Energy, Professor Guangjun Zhang (Chair of the University Committee), the head of the delegation, gave greetings on behalf of the delegation. Director Katahira provided an overview of our institute's research activities, and Professor Kazunobu Nagasaki explained our nuclear fusion research and the joint research efforts between the International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and our institute thus far. Professor Zhang introduced Huazhong University's research and educational activities, while Professor Jiabing Hu (Dean, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, SEEE) gave an overview of SEEE's research and educational activities.

Finally, Professor Jiabing Hu, authorized to sign on behalf of the Director of the International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics, and Director Katahira signed the agreement. After the signing ceremony, the delegation visited our institute's experimental facilities.