Recently, Li Jun, the president of Karamay Campus of China University of Petroleum (Beijing), led a delegation organized by the Karamay Municipal Government to visit the United States. During the visit, Li Jun and his team were invited to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and participated in relevant activities of the World Energy Cities Partnership (WECP) and the 42nd CERAWEEK. The head of the Department of Cooperative Development accompanied the delegation.

At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Li Jun and his team met with Reitumetse Mabokela, the Vice President for International Affairs and Provost, Sammer Saleh Jones, the Director of International Affairs, Venetria K. Patton, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the vice dean and professional heads related to the college. During the symposium, Li Jun introduced the school-running situation and international cooperation intentions of the campus. Both sides conducted in-depth discussions on promoting the implementation of the "3+1+1" undergraduate-master joint training agreement signed by the two universities, and reached preliminary cooperation intentions in teacher exchange, student summer camps, and jointly carrying out professional training programs.

In Houston, Li Jun and his team participated in the board meeting of the World Energy Cities Partnership, the hydrogen energy-themed dinner of the 42nd CERAWEEK, the "Agora" event, and other activities.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (abbreviated as UIUC), founded in 1867, is located in the serene twin cities of Urbana-Champaign in Illinois. It is a well-known public research university in the United States. The university is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), known as the "Public Ivy". Among its alumni and professors, 30 have won the Nobel Prize, and 25 have won the Pulitzer Prize, second only to the University of California, Berkeley, among public universities in the United States. UIUC's engineering programs enjoy a worldwide reputation, with almost all majors ranking in the top ten in the United States.