On the afternoon of March 6, Weimin ZHANG, Dean of ICCI, and Jiachen LIU, Maneger of Cooperation Relation Office, received a visit from Michael C. Ellis, president and chairman of the Asia-Pacific Region of the MPA, and Wei FENG, vice president of the Asia-Pacific Region and president of Greater China Region of the MPA at Zizhu Teaching and Research Base of ICCI. Wei FENG also happens to be the institutional industrial supervisor. Other related personnel at ICCI also joined the visiting.

Michael C. Ellis, along with the rest group, visited in sequence the college's multimedia classrooms, laboratory of 4D film and science technology, innovative educational facilities in public spaces including the Shanghai Jiaotong University-Manheng Virtual Reality Innovation Education Experimental Center. Michael C. Ellis spoke highly of the advanced teaching facilities at ICCI.

In the following talks, Weimin ZHANG introduced the development process and branding activities of ICCI, and detailed on its "Internationalization, Interdisciplinary, Industry-orientation" talent-cultivation model. Michael C. Ellis and Wei FENG  respectively introduced the current development of MPA and the general situation of film and television industry. Subsequently, the two sides also exchanged views on the film and television talent cultivation and support project, and the future in-depth cooperation plan.

In last May, ICCI and MPA cohosted the 5th Global Film Industry Chain Development Forum—one of the Shanghai International Film Festival series activities, and jointly launched MPA-ICCI International Film and Television Masters Training Camp, endeavoring to create a platform for film and television project incubation and resource sharing, and also for the training and development of local film and television talents. In June this year, ICCI will continuously cooperate with MPA to host the 6th Global Forum on the Development of Film Industry Chain. The MPA’s visit ushers in more possibilities for both sides to carry out various forms of cooperation in the future and thus contribute to Shanghai in building a first-class international cultural city and film and television industries.