Professor Xu Hui and his research team from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Heilongjiang University, in collaboration with Academician Andrey Karasik and his team from the A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry of the Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, have been awarded funding for their joint project "Electroluminescent Heteroleptic Copper Complexes Based on Bisphosphine-Bisamine Cyclic Ligands for New-Generation High-Performance OLEDs" under the NSFC-RSF International Cooperation and Exchange Program. The Chinese side has received direct funding of 1.5 million yuan, while the Russian side has been granted 21 million rubles.

        The NSFC-RSF program, established through a bilateral agreement between the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), supports collaborative research across multiple fundamental disciplines including mathematics, physics, chemistry, and life sciences. This year, the two foundations jointly funded 50 collaborative projects to promote academic exchanges and cooperation between scientists from both countries. Over the years, Professor Xu Hui’s "Phosphorus-based Optoelectronic Functional Materials Innovation Team" has focused on fundamental theoretical and applied research of phosphorus-based optoelectronic materials (including small molecules, complexes, and polymers), driving innovative development in this field and establishing extensive academic influence worldwide.

        The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science has maintained long-term, in-depth scientific collaboration with Russian universities and research institutions, currently operating two national-level international cooperation research platforms, one ministerial-level platform, and four provincial-level platforms. These collaborations have cultivated an outstanding research team with international vision. The successful approval of this NSFC-RSF project reflects both the profound heritage of Russian-oriented scientific cooperation in Heilongjiang University’s chemistry discipline and the distinctive characteristics of our Russia-focused educational approach.

        In the future, Heilongjiang University will strengthen international scientific cooperation through multiple channels, implementing its "internationalized education" strategy and "serving Heilongjiang Province" initiative. By leveraging fundamental research to drive practical applications, enhancing capabilities through collaboration, and promoting development via academic exchanges, we aim to address major technological demands in national development under the "Belt and Road" initiative.