An academic exchange for international students in the Yangtze River Delta region is held at Jiangsu University. [Photo/Yangtze Evening Post]

More than 400 Chinese and international master's and doctoral students, along with their faculty advisers, gathered at Jiangsu University from Oct 23 to 25 for the second Yangtze River Delta Foreign Postgraduate Research Symposium.

The event brought together participants from 46 universities across Shanghai as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, providing a platform for young researchers to share their work and exchange ideas across disciplines.

An academic exchange for international students in the Yangtze River Delta region is held at Jiangsu University. [Photo/Yangtze Evening Post]

Three parallel forums focused on science, engineering and agriculture; biomedicine; and the humanities, law and economics. A total of 138 international students presented their research papers and received feedback from experts. An accompanying exhibition of 130 academic posters offered a further showcase of their research.

An academic exchange for international students in the Yangtze River Delta region is held at Jiangsu University. [Photo/Yangtze Evening Post]

The keynote sessions featured talks by Professor Fang Hongbo of Zhejiang University, Professor Liu Weidi of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, and Professor Li Zhiwen of Jiangsu University. Their presentations covered advances in biomedicine, academic integrity and research methods, and cross-market competition on digital platforms.

At a session titled "Dialogue with Young International Scholars", participants discussed how artificial intelligence is reshaping research, sharing perspectives on its impact and potential.