On April 17, 2025, Pipat Krudchamnong, Deputy Secretary-General of the Asian-International Trade and Investment Association, and a delegation led by Pongsak Noipayak, Vice President of the Navamindradhiraj University, visited the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. They were accompanied by Suree Wardkeian, Assistant to the President, Pasan Teparak, Consultant, Fan Liang, Chinese Language Teacher, and Ratchadaporn Thammawai, Foreign Affairs Office Staff. Zhuo Jian, Professor and Director of the Urban Planning Department of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Wang Tingyang, Director of the Office of Shanghai Urban Renewal Research Association, Yan Shuxin, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd., and Shan Lu, Assistant Professor of the Urban Planning Department, attended the welcome meeting.

Professor Zhuo Jian extended a warm welcome to the delegation and systematically introduced the CAUP's innovative practices and achievements in fields such as discipline layout, curriculum structure, faculty strength, research collaboration, and international cooperation in Urban Planning. Vice President Pongsak Noipayak introduced the university's disciplines, highlighting its breakthroughs in areas such as urban transportation optimization, sewage treatment technology innovation, and smart city ecosystem construction.

The two sides reached a preliminary consensus on talent cooperation, as well as scientific research exchange and mutual visits. They also had initial discussions on the Senior Management Visit Group on Urban Development from the Bangkok Municipal Government's visit to Shanghai in October 2025, with the Urban Management and Development - Shanghai-Bangkok Twin Cities Forum as a platform, to promote experience exchange in urban planning and governance between the two cities. Wang Tingyang, Director of the Office of the Shanghai Urban Renewal Research Association, and Yan Shuxin, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd., expressed that by leveraging the professional platform advantages of the Shanghai Urban Renewal Research Association and Tongji Planning Institute, both sides could further strengthen resource integration and collaborative linkage, injecting momentum into the exchange between China and Thailand in the fields of urban planning and sustainable development, and providing resource support and practical empowerment. In addition, the two sides also had forward-looking discussions on joint online academic lectures, exchange visits, and other topics.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand, this exchange has injected new impetus into the deepening of cooperation between the two universities and institutions, jointly drawing a blueprint for development and adding brilliance to the new chapter of golden friendship between China and Thailand.