Shenzhen - The southern city will host the next worldwide sports meet for students, the Summer Universiade, and the supervision committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), met with the Shenzhen Universiade organizing committee on Thursday to hear how preparations were going.

Different departments of the organizing committee of the 2011 Shenzhen Summer Universiade reported their preparation work. It was the seventh progress report the organizing committee submitted to the FISU. It will be the 26th Summer Universiade and will be held on August 12-23.

FISU's first executive committee conference of 2010 is being held in the city from May 14 to 15, the highest international meeting since the city succeeded in bidding for the Universiade. Nearly 130 people including the president and vice-president of FISU, all the executive committee members, and representatives of several international organizations are attending the conference.