At the invitation of the School of Marxism, Professor Guo Yi, a tenured professor of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Seoul  and a visiting scholar of the Confucius Research Institute in China, paid an academic visit to ECUST on  December 15, 2016. He delivered a lecture entitled “Chinese Civilization and the Future of Mankind”, which was attended by the graduate students of the School of Marxism  and teachers of Chinese Traditional Culture Research Center ( in preparation ) teachers.