Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metiny, President of Ain Shams University and the President of Ain Al-Shaab University of China, opened the China -Egyptian Cooperation Forum in Science and Technology for the year 2020, which was held within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative between the Egyptian side represented by Ain Shams University and the Chinese side represented by the Chinese People's University “Renmin”.

The forum discussed means of cooperation between the two sides in the fields of science and technology, as well as the post-Covid-19 phase and ways of dealing and coexistence.

Prof. Dr. Shahera Samir, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for Community Service and Environmental Development at Ain Shams University and Executive Director of the International Relations and Academic Cooperation Sector, Prof. Dr. Esraa Abdel Sayed, Professor of Chinese Language and Director of the Confucius Institute at Ain Shams University, in addition to 20 scholars from the two universities participated in the forum.