Taipei city - on 22nd Aug. 2017, 20 AUSF members participated in the 29th Summer Universiade was invited to "Asia-Unity", a get-together among AUSF members, which is the tradition of AUSF to convene an informal meeting during the summer universiade for networking and communication, not only just within Asian federations, but also with FISU and other continents. Therefore, besides AUSF Executive Committee members, Presidents or Secretary Generals of AUSF member federation, FISU 1st Vice-President Leonz Eder and other Continental University Sports Federations leaders were present as well.

AUSF President Xue Yanqing opened the meeting, by inviting Mr. Eder to deliver a speech. Mr. Eder mentioned the MOU signed between FISU and CUSFs. FISU and CUSFs shared the same goal, which could be the strong link connecting each other and realize the win-win of both sides. More cooperation between FISU and CUSFS were highly expected. The CUSFs representatives shared their experiences on how to promote the development of university sports, which is very valuable for AUSF members. In the following, the progress report on FISU-NUSF Seminar, a join program between AUSF and FISU-Oceania to be held from 9 - 14 December 2017 in Gold Coast, Australia, was made. The detailed information was presented, which could be downloaded from www.ausf.org. Regarding the bidding for AUSF championships in 2018 and later, Mr. Shen Zhen, AUSF Vice Secretary General, introduced AUSF program and encouraged the members to bid for the following events, including Basketball, Basketball 3x3, Taewkondo and Table Tennis in 2018 and Beach Volleyball, Karate, Badminton in 2019.

Before the conclusion, the member federations were given some free time to express their ideas and expectations. Meeting time is short, but the communication could have no boundaries and limits.

Wish all the Asian youth the most excellent performances in Taipei.

(Source: AUSF Secretariat)