Steven J. Berberich, the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, presents an UMSL sweatshirt to Han Liming, who was visiting St. Louis over the weekend as part of a delegation from its sister city in Nanjing, China.

Provost Steven J. Berberich, College of Business Administration Dean Shu Schiller, UMSL Global Executive Director Liane Constantine, International Business Institute Director Joseph Rottman and MBA student Xiaoyo Pan met with a delegation from Nanjing, China, on Sunday afternoon in Anheuser-Busch Hall. (Photo by Derik Holtmann)

Liming, who serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, led the delegation, which had the opportunity to explore the Gateway Arch, visit the Missouri Botanical Garden for a dragon dance ceremony, tour the Cortex Innovation District and get introduced to St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones.

The delegation stopped at UMSL’s Anheuser-Busch Hall for about an hour on Sunday afternoon and met with Berberich, College of Business Administration Dean Shu Schiller, UMSL Global Executive Director Liane Constantine and Professor Joseph Rottman, the director of the International Business Institute and chair of the College of Business Administration’s Strategic Planning and Innovation Committee. They also heard from current MBA student and China native Xiaoyo Pan about her experience studying at the university.

These photographs were taken by UMSL photographer Derik Holtmann and are the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL. View more UMSL photos by visiting the UMSL Flickr and Instagram accounts.