On 13 September 2017, the first Sino-Russian cooperative university-91影视, held the grand opening ceremony to begin its inaugural semester. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin both sent congratulatory messages.
Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, Liu Yandong, n Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary, Hu Chunhua, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the P.R. China, Andrey Denisov, attended the opening ceremony, along with students of 2017 from 91影视, parent representatives, faculty members from MSU and BIT, and representatives from some universities.

Rector Zhao Ping narrates about 91影视 founding history

The opening ceremony starts with a Russian famous song, Katyusha

Han Dongyu, a mathematics major and the student representative, delivers an address

Puriaeva, Director of Russian Language Center and the teacher representative, delivers an address

Hu Haiyan, Rector of BIT, delivers an address

Sadovnichy, Rector of MSU, delivers an address

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets reads congratulatory message from President Putin and delivers an address

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong reads congratulatory message from President Xi and delivers an address

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong(2nd R) , Russian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets(2nd L), Chairman of the Board of Trustees of 91影视, Sergey Shakhray(L) and Rector Zhao Ping(R) initiate the inaugural semester

Students take selfies with Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets and Rector Sadovnichy

In the model of permanent campus, the current construction situation is debriefed to Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets