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On October 19-20, 2016, regular meetings of the Russian-Chinese subcommittee on scientific and technical cooperation were held in Shanghai (People's Republic of China). The Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Alexey Lopatin. The Chinese delegation was headed by Mr. Yin Hetszyun, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. Lobachevsky University delegation included Rector Professor Evgeny Chuprunov,  Vice Rector for Research Viktor Kazantsev and Acting Deputy Director of the Center for Innovative Development of Medical Instrument Engineering Mikhail Sergeyev.

In the course of the round table organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, and the Committee for Science and Technology of Shanghai Municipality, representatives of Russia’s and China’s leading universities and industrial organizations discussed the prospects for developing bilateral relations in the field of science and innovation. UNN Rector Evgeny Chuprunov made a presentation on Lobachevsky University’s Neurotechnology and Biomedicine Cluster, and Vice Rector for Research Viktor Kazantsev presented several projects for bilateral cooperation in the field of neurotechnology and neural interfaces. UNN delegation’s presentations received particular attention on the part of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Chinese partners with whom consultations were held on the issues of common interest. A preliminary agreement was reached on the return visit of Chinese colleagues to Nizhni Novgorod.