On June 11, 2024, entrusted by the School of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Professor Yufei Zhao signed an international cooperation agreement on behalf of the School of Chemistry with the Ivanovsky Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of the Southern Federation University of Russia in the research field of environmental protection and energy. According to the agreement, both sides will jointly carry out scientific research projects in the field of environmental protection and energy, and achieve obligation and mutual benefit through academic exchanges, student exchange and resource sharing. 

    During this period, Professor Yufei Zhao was invited to participate in the second international conference on "Problems and Prospects of Environmental Sustainable Development in Mountain and Plain Areas" and the third international conference on "Monitoring, Protection and Restoration of Ecosystems under Anthropogenic Load" initiated by the Southern Federal University of Russia, and gave an invited report on the topic of application research of two-dimensional layered materials in the field of environment and solar energy. After the international conference, with the invitation of Prof. T. M. Minkina, Ivanovsky Institute of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federation University of Russia, Professor Yufei Zhao went to the institute for academic exchange, gave a wonderful lecture on "LDHs Chemistry and chemical engineering" to the teachers and students of the institute, and guided related graduate students with controllable synthesis of LDHs materials. The research group and Southern Federal University will closely cooperate in the future to achieve new breakthroughs in international cooperation.