On March 22, 2024, a delegation from the School of Cultural Heritage and Information Management, Shanghai University, including Dean Jizhong Huang, Vice Dean Lihua Wang, Professor Xiaoping Sheng, Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, and Professor Linxing Zhou, Head of the Department of Archives, visited the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Development and Service of Archives and held in-depth exchanges with Professor Ping Wang, Deputy Director of the Laboratory, Associate Professor Yuan Cheng, Research Fellow of the Laboratory, and the laboratory team.

Both sides introduced the history and development of discipline building at their respective schools. Professor Ping Wang then briefed the visiting experts on the overall development of the Laboratory, covering its co-construction mechanism, development strategy, and research and development achievements. The two sides held lively discussions on topics including how to promote interdisciplinary integration among library science, information science, archival science, cultural heritage, archaeology and related disciplines, program development from the perspective of first-level disciplines, strategies for training archival professionals, innovation in the Laboratory's intelligent services, and the transfer of scientific and technological achievements to meet the needs of diverse business scenarios. They expressed the hope of establishing closer cooperation in academic research, social services and other areas in the future.