On June 9, Prof. Steven Mithen, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading, visited BFSU and the two sides signed an agreement of friendship and cooperation, accompanied by ther representatives from the University of Reading included Prof. Liu Kecheng, Dean of the School of Business Information Systems and Accounting, and Dr. Tang Yinshan，Deputy Director of the Informatics Research Centre. BFSU Vice President Peng Long met with the delegation.

The two sides exchanged in-depth views on issues such as student exchanges, scholar visits and potential collaborative academic research, and reached a number of cooperation intention agreements.       

Finally, Vice President Peng Long and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Mithen signed a cooperation memorandum, which marked the formal establishment of a close cooperative relationship between the two universities and the beginning of joint implementation of future cooperative projects.