A delegation made up of Prof. LIAO Xianghong, the Vice-president of the Academy, Prof. DING Ruru, the Director of the Directing Department, Prof. JIANG Tao, the Deputy Director of the Directing Dept., and Prof. LIU Wei, Prof. WANG Xiaofan and Prof. SU Yu, all of the Directing Department, visited theatre schools in Rome and Germany from Sep.29 to Oct.5.