<正>On November 20, 1984, the Rectors Professor Chen Xiqun and Professor P. Jedrzejowicz signed the agreement on co-operation between Gdynia Maritime University (that time called Gdynia Maritime Academy) and Shanghai Maritime University (that time called Shanghai Maritime Institute). It was the formal and institutional staring point for a new partnership which was to last for 20 years. We can add at the same time that this initiative would not be possible without earlier Chinese-Polish Joint Stock