First Sino-Russian university begins inaugural semester

Zhao Ping, president of Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, addresses a ceremony to open the university's inaugural semester in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 13, 2017. Shenzhen MSU-BIT University held a ceremony on Wednesday to open its inaugural semester with the first class of 113 undergraduate students. The university was jointly established by the government of Shenzhen, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and Russia's Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)