I.N. Panarin, Director of the IRIAS Center for partnership studies of China, Russia and United States, awarded the title of Honorary Professor of China University of Petroleum.
China Petroleum University (CUP) was founded in 1953 and is administered by the Ministry of Education of China. One of the campuses of the university is located in Qingdao city on the shore of the Yellow Sea, where foreign students from different countries are trained annually.