2015年1月22日,首届“丝绸之路学术带”高端国际论坛暨“丝绸之路经济带研究协同创新中心”揭牌仪式在西安交通大学成功举行。在此论坛上,西安交通大学校长王树国向来自中国、哈萨克斯坦、俄罗斯、土耳其、印度、巴基斯坦、新加坡、波兰等12个国家的100余位与会嘉宾和专家,发出了 “加强高等教育合作,携手共创美好未来——创建新丝绸之路大学联盟”的倡议,诚邀海内外名校在2015年5月22日至26日,在陕西省委省政府举办的“丝绸之路国际博览会”上,共同发起成立“新丝绸之路大学联盟”(University Alliance of the New Silk Road,缩写UASR)。
“The Silk Road is a path to win-win cooperation promoting common development and prosperity and a road towards peace and friendship by enhancing mutual understanding, trust, and all-round exchanges.” Over the past 2,100 years, the Silk Road spanned across Europe and Asia making histories in the confluence of civilizations, business interoperability, cultural development, and human and social interactions. The belief of openness, cooperation, harmony, and inclusiveness is forged to last.
Civilization is diversified by communications and enriched by mutual learning. Against the backdrop of globalization, the trend of higher education in collaboration and integration is getting inevitable. Today, representatives of about a hundred universities from countries and regions around the world gather at Xi’an, China, the starting point of the Silk Road, on an equal and cooperative basis, to establish the ‘University Alliance of the New Silk Road’ (UANSR) to contribute to the common development of civilizations and the open collaboration in higher education.
UANSR will advocate the spirit of the Silk Road – ‘peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit’ - to establish cooperative education platforms and further regional development. It will advocate the concept of “Silk Road Academic Belt” to facilitate cooperation among member universities in the fields of inter-university exchange, talent nurturing, research collaborations, cultural exchange, policy studies, and medical and health service collaborations etc., strengthening the understanding and friendship across different countries.
Admiring the full moon in Chang’an and sharing countless stories of the Silk Road, we explore the opportunities in higher education and promote the friendship between different nations. Standing at the new starting point of the Silk Road, all members of UANSR will uphold the belief of unity in diversity, openness, and inclusiveness to formulate strategic development for a bright future!
Embracing the spirit of the Silk Road– ‘peace and friendship, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit’, We, the representative members of the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR), are committed to promoting the openness and cooperation in higher education. Advocating the exchanges and mutual learning among diverse cultures, we are devoted to the common prosperity of humankind. We hereby adopt the UASR Charter at the first Executive Council meeting held today in Xi’an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, and reach upon the following consensus: ——Adhering to the principle of consultation and joint construction, we shall improve the institutional system and operationalmechanism of the Alliance. UASR shall establish the information platform to facilitate cooperation among the members, and promote regional and specialized sub-alliances of under the framework of the UASR charter. ——Advocating the spirit of openness and inclusiveness, we shall initiate the joint-training and the cooperative education. UASR shall promote multiple forms of cooperation in talent cultivation, expanding the scale of student exchange and cultivating high-level and interdisciplinary talents with an international vision. ——Upholding the concept of extensive exchanges and mutual learning, we shall organize various activities to enhance cultural dialogues and cooperation. UASR shall carry out the collaborations in the fields of culture, science & technology and sports to boost the exchanges among members and strengthen the friendship in the young generations. ——Acknowledging the commitment of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, we shall support multi-tieredandwide-ranging cooperation in research. UASR shall enhance the cooperation in science and technology in order to establish joint research centers and international technology transfer centers. The alliance shall promote cooperation between think-tanks of different members and countries. Focusing on the major issue concerning the development of human beings, UASR shall form inter-displinaryandcross-cultural research centers to develop significant collaborative platforms. The Silk Road has witnessed a long history of openness and cooperation in global scale. Today, once again, it is witnessing the openning of a new page of educational cooperation in the ancient city of Chang’an, for the "glory of the world". Hereby We all Members of the UASR sincerelyundertake to pursue our common goal for the openness and cooperation in higher education, and to strive for the sustainable development and common prosperity of all humankind! (This consensus was written in Chinese and English and adopted on 9 April 2016 in Xi’an, China.)