From May 16 to 17, the university hosted an academic exchange forum marking the fourth anniversary of the study and implementation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important replies. Attendees included representatives from universities that had received General Secretary Xi Jinping’s replies to their international students in China: Li Qianwen, Member of the University Party Committee Standing Committee and Vice President of Nanjing Audit University; Liang Jia, Associate Dean of the School of International Students; Yu Donghai, Associate Dean of the School of International Education, China University of Petroleum (Beijing); Tan Jie, Associate Dean of the School of International Education, Beijing Jiaotong University; and Ma Bo, Deputy Director of the International Student Office, Office of International Relations, Peking University. Also present were Yang Renshu, President of the university; Yu Chengwen, Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee; heads of teaching and training units and relevant functional departments, as well as international student representatives from various universities. Yu Chengwen chaired the forum.

At the meeting

Yang Renshu delivers remarks

Yang Renshu reviewed the five important replies from General Secretary Xi Jinping concerning education for international students in China and summarized the university’s progress and outcomes in studying and implementing the spirit of these replies. He expressed the hope that, together with peer universities, the university would further elevate achievements gained from practical work through academic exchanges, and earnestly translate the spirit of the important replies into concrete actions to advance the development of education for international students in China in the new era. He proposed continuous development and innovation in talent cultivation approaches, school-running models, management systems and support mechanisms, so as to contribute wisdom to the quality improvement and efficiency enhancement of education for international students in China. He also hoped that international students in China would grow into envoys of friendship and bridges for cooperation and make greater contributions to advancing friendly relations between China and other countries.

Li Baoming delivers a report

Li Baoming, Director of the International Student Center of the university, delivered a report on the implementation of the spirit of the important replies. He systematically summarized the achievements and experience of the university’s international student education over the past four years under the guidance of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important replies from three perspectives: advancing quality improvement and efficiency enhancement of education for international students in China, effectively strengthening people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and further implementing the Education Action Plan for the Belt and Road Initiative.

Ma Bo delivers remarks

Ma Bo shared Peking University’s experience in national conditions education. He elaborated on the significance and objectives of delivering national conditions education for international students. He also shared Peking University’s practices in this regard from three dimensions: coordinated development of the curriculum system for national conditions education, efforts to build a high-end talent training platform under the China Studies program, and multi-dimensional expansion of the practical study tour system for national conditions education.

Ruo Heman delivers remarks

Rohman, a Turkmen faculty member at China University of Petroleum (Beijing), shared his 14-year experience of studying and working in China, his observations on China’s development, and his efforts to disseminate the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s reply and tell stories about China and Central Asia after receiving the reply.

Li Qianwen delivers remarks

Li Qianwen, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Nanjing Audit University, gave a comprehensive introduction to the university’s current internationalization development, as well as the background, features, and impact of its international class for the Master of Auditing program. He also introduced the eight measures Nanjing Audit University has taken to vigorously advance the brand building of “Auditing Study in China.”

Kariu delivers remarks

Kariu, an international student representative from Beijing Jiaotong University, shared his story. After completing his studies in China, he returned home to take part in the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Later, driven by his dream of becoming a railway expert, he came back to Beijing Jiaotong University for further studies and wrote a letter to President Xi Jinping. He spoke about his rewarding study experience in China and pledged to keep mastering professional knowledge, carry forward the time-honored China-Africa friendship, and strive to contribute to building a peaceful community with a shared future for mankind.

Visit to the Exhibition Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of International Student Education in China

After the forum, participants and guests visited the commemorative exhibition for the 70th anniversary of education for international students in China, themed “Harmony across Five Continents, Bridges of Friendship; Seventy Glorious Years, Splendid Chapters Written”.

Cultural Visit by International Teacher and Student Representatives from Participating Universities

On May 16, representatives of international teachers and students from participating universities went to the BOE History Exhibition Hall for a cultural visit and were invited to take part in the “Belt and Road Youth Envoys Beijing Green Tour — Siemens” event organized by the Beijing Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Center. Niu Jiankai, Deputy Director of the Foreign Investment Division (Belt and Road Division) of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission; Xia Xuejie, Deputy Director of the Beijing Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Center; Qian Zhujia, Director of its International Cooperation Department; and Wang Runzhuo, Deputy Director of its Publicity and Training Department, attended the event.

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