On the afternoon of November 21, 2023, Ian McDonald, Dean of the International School at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, along with Zhao Fang, Chairman of the Shaanxi New Zealand General Chamber of Commerce, visited Northwest University. A meeting was held in the conference room on the fifth floor of the Western Learning Building to discuss topics such as educational cooperation and research on international friends. This event was organized by the Shaanxi People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, coordinated by the International Cooperation Department of Northwest University, with Song Ming, Senior Inspector of the Department of American Studies at the Provincial Friendship Association, Ren Huilian, Director of the International Cooperation Department of Northwest University, and Cao Ruonan, Dean of our school, attending the meeting.