- Host: South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Guangzhou, China
- Invited Guests:
- Vice Chancellor Professor Gamini Senanayake
- Dean of Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology Professor Tilak P D Gamage
- Date: October of the current year
- Institutes Visited:
- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography
- Shyian I Research Vessel
- Daya Bay Marine Biology Research Station of SCSIO
- South China Botanical Garden
- Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering of Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
- New campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Hosts:
- Professor Dongxiao Wang, Deputy Director of SCSIO
- Professor Shenglei Fu, Deputy Director of South China Botanical Garden
- Professor Xin Liu, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology
- Professor Xiangbin Zhu, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Purpose:
- Goodwill gesture towards the newly proposed China Sri Lanka Joint Center for Education and Research (CSL-CER)
- In line with the agreement signed between China and Sri Lanka during the visit of President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China to Sri Lanka
- Location of Proposed CSL-CER: University of Ruhuna