On June 25th, the 2026 annual meeting of the Joint Management Committee of the cooperative education program between Jinzhou Medical University and Waikato Institute of Technology(Wintec)was held in the academic seminar room of library. Warwick Pitts, President of Wintec, Girish Nair, International Directorof Wintec, Mark Liu, Transnational Education Manager of Wintec, President Qu Wei of JZMU, Vice-President Wen Youfeng of JZMU, and Vice-President Li Hangyu of JZMUattended the meeting. All Chinese members of the Joint Management Committee of the cooperative education program attended the meeting. The meeting was presided over by Zhu Xiaomei, Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of JZMU. This annual meeting came at a critical juncture when the program’s first cohort of graduates had successfully graduated and the training model was being optimized and upgraded, and it was of great significance for deepening the strategic cooperation between the two universities and promoting the quality improvement and upgrading of the program.
On behalf of JZMU, Qu Wei extended a sincere welcome to President Warwick Pitts and his delegation fromWintec, and expressed heartfelt gratitude toWintec for its continued attention and strong support during the advancement of the program. While affirming the program’s four years of operation and its achievements, Qu Wei put forward three hopes for the future direction of cooperation: first, to improve the quality of talent cultivation; second, to broaden the dimensions of cooperation and exchange; and third, to shape the brand of cooperative education, injecting new momentum into the high-quality and sustainable development of the program.
In his speech, Warwick Pitts expressed sincere thanks for the warm reception of JZMU. He pointed out that the pragmatic cooperation between the two universitieswas of important strategic significance to the development of Wintec, and that the two sides’ high degree of alignment on the core mission of “cultivating students and helping students succeed” has laid a solid foundation for their cooperation. It is precisely thanks to the long-term close coordination and mutual trust between the two universities that the cooperation has achieved remarkable results. Looking to the future, hewas full of confidence in the prospects of the cooperative education between the twoparties.
The annual meeting conducted in-depth discussions and full consultations on topics such as optimizing the faculty training system and expanding student pathways for further study, and proceeded to vote according to procedures, reaching multiple consensus points.
