Chairman of the Board of Tianjin University of Tianjin University of Technology, Mr. Lei, visited PEN-International from 4 to 11 October 2003. He was accompanied by Director Bao of the Technical College for the Deaf at TUT and PEN-China coordinator Zhang. The visit helped to familiarize Chairman Lei (who was recently appointed at TUT) with NTID, RIT and PEN-International. The visit focused upon how TUT might collaborate with RIT beyond its strong partnership with PEN-International.