graduation ceremony. The university repeatedly told Xiaoyu Wang that she would not receive her diploma because of this incident. Later, LGBT organization ALL OUT initiated a petition letter to demand apology, which collected about 75,000 signatures supporting the lesbian students. International Cooperation A Survey of the Cooperation and Exchange The school has carried out extensive international cooperation and exchanges with universities across the world. By December 2014, it has formed close ties with 268 universities and academic research institutes from more than 40 countries and regions, such as the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada, Australia, Japan, Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Chile, Cuba, Mexico and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and the like. In 2014, it received 2562 overseas students from 116 countries and regions. Of all the university graduates each year, 18% of them once studied abroad. The school has carried out collaborative research with Lancaster University, the World Bank, the European Union, and other universities and international research institutes. Cooperation with France During several years, the university was the unique provider of foreign students for French university. It was clearly the ambition of French General Consulate in Guangzhou to strengthen cooperation and ties between that university and French ones. The Alliance Française depended in fact a lot from Guanwai. In 2009, the university was not anymore a support for the Alliance Francaise. Thanks to the effort from Mauve Sébastien and Philippe Bourdon, a lot of conferences were clearly emphasized the importance of French expect in different topics: the forum of European study with Prof Bossuat, from Cergy Pontoise University, and Mr Poisson from the University of Montpellier. A Survey of the Confucius Institutes The school has opened three Confucius Institutes abroad: Sapporo University Confucius Institute, Ural Federal University Confucius Institute, Catholic University of Santa María Confucius Institute. Renowned Alumni Wen Yaoshen, who entered the school in 1965, served as mayor of the People's Government of Yufun City, chief of the Party Committee of Yunfu City, and chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Environment and Resources of the People's Congress of Guangdong province. Yu Ping, who entered the school in 1970, serves as vice chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. Wang Hua, who entered the school in 1970, serves as ambassador plenipotentiary and extraordinary to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Liang Shugen, who entered the school in 1970, serves as consul