From October 29 to November 1, 2025, the 26th Annual China International Education Conference, hosted by the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), was successfully held at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. Centered on the theme “Seeing the World through Education,” the conference featured more than one hundred plenary sessions, parallel forums, cooperation meetings, and educational exhibitions. The event brought together educational leaders, scholars, and industry representatives from over 70 countries and regions around the world to discuss new opportunities for educational development and explore solutions to global challenges.
Ren Yingwei, Secretary of the Party Committee of the university, and the main responsible person from the Office of Industry-Education Integration attended the conference. During the event, Secretary Ren led the delegation in engaging deeply with high-quality international educational resources, injecting new momentum into the university’s international exchange and vocational education globalization efforts.
At the plenary session, Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng emphasized that President Xi Jinping’s Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, and Global Governance Initiative have provided strong driving forces for world peace and development. Education, as a vital means to respond to the needs of the times and to answer global questions, should take on greater responsibility and initiative. Minister Huai proposed three key principles—promoting inclusiveness and equity, fostering innovation-driven growth, and encouraging cooperation and mutual learning—which align with the vision of building a community with a shared future for humankind and serve as fundamental guidance for universities to advance internationalization in education.
The annual conference served not only as a platform for the exchange of ideas but also as a bridge for practical cooperation. As the most influential international education event in the Asia-Pacific region, this year’s conference included 39 parallel forums covering all levels of education—from higher and vocational to basic education—thus forming a multi-level, wide-ranging dialogue framework.
The Vocational Education Forum Series particularly focused on building international cooperation systems, providing valuable insights for the university’s “Double High-Level” construction. Moreover, 25 major reports were released, including Research Report on Countermeasures for Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education in Key Countries and the Trial Version of Quality Accreditation Indicators for Sino-Foreign Cooperative Higher Vocational Education Programs. These reports offer professional references for the university to regulate and enhance the quality of its international education programs.
Participation in this conference represents an important step for the university in implementing its high-level opening-up strategy and advancing both the “Double High-Level” construction and the development of high-level undergraduate programs. The university will further translate the conference outcomes into practice in three key areas:
1. Introducing High-Quality Resources:
Focusing on the needs of “Double High-Level” and undergraduate program development, the university will align with international advanced standards, explore new Sino-foreign cooperative programs, introduce quality curricula and teaching models, and promote international certification of academic programs.
2. Strengthening Faculty Development:
The university will establish diversified overseas training platforms to cultivate dual-qualified teachers and interdisciplinary “Chinese +” educators with a global vision.
3. Expanding Vocational Education Overseas:
Leveraging the Belt and Road Initiative, the university will promote an export model of “professional standards + vocational standards + Chinese culture,” develop “Chinese + Vocational Skills” training programs, and facilitate the global reach of its signature disciplines, curricula, and teaching standards—supporting international industrial cooperation and Chinese enterprises going global.
