Prof. Joan Leach from Australian National University visited CRISP for academic exchanges on 3rd, May, 2017. She is engaged into an in-depth discussion with participants (ZHONG Qi, senior researcher of Science Media Center, CRISP, and other experts from Beijing Normal University and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics) concerning SP talent training and discipline building. 

During the exchanges, ZHONG Qi and other participants subsequently introduce to Prof. Leach such following issues as how SP can play a part in "the Belt and Road" initiative, the current situation facing SP talent training in China, and how to resolve the issue where the number of science teachers in the primary and middle schools is still lacking, etc. 

Prof. Leach showcases great interest in the "Belt and Road" initiative proposed by China, indicating that she is willing to provide resource and help to projects of SP and SP Research Center under the "Belt and Road" initiative. Meanwhile, Prof. Leach introduces to her Chinese counterparts the good doings of SP talent training over the 30 years in Australian National University, and some SP training projects tailored towards students and teachers.

In a nutshell, both sides reach a consensus on SP talent training and some projects under the "Belt and Road" initiative. This will definitely lay a deep-seated foundation for prospective Sino-Australian exchanges in the area of SP.