On October 2, Zhou Yichun and the delegation came to Lenin's hometown of Ulyanovsk, a city with profound history and famous for the aircraft manufacturing industry, and visited the Ulyanovlev State University. A vice president received the delegation. The principals of the two sides introduced the background of their universities, the development of academic disciplines, scientific research, and international exchanges respectively. They had talks on such topics as the establishment of inter-university exchanges and cooperation. They also signed a memorandum of cooperation thereafter. The delegation then visited the Sino-Russian strategic cooperation center of the university.