On the morning of May 19th, "The Belt and Road" Sustainable Development Research Institute of Shanghai Business School and the International Business Officials Training Base of the Ministry of Commerce (Shanghai) held the "the belt and road" academic salon on international development cooperation. Zhang Weiqi, director of the Center for Brazilian Studies and the deputy director of the Portuguese Language Teaching and Research Office of the School of European and Latin American Studies at Shanghai International Studies University, shared the work of area studies and experience in writing research reports. The associate dean of the Faculty of International Education Chen Wei and some staff from the Faculty of Business Administration and the Faculty of Business Economics attended the academic salon.

On the afternoon of May 9th, the College of International Education held an interesting Rubik’s Cube salon for international students from all over the world, which tested their ability of learning, observation and calculation.

On the morning of May 5, 2023, Beijing time, the opening ceremony for the Seminar on local development experience for municipal officials from the Republic of Congo, hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) , was successfully held. Liu Beimin, researcher of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Department of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, He Ying, Vice President of SBS and Dai Ying, Vice Dean of International Education College of SBS attended the opening ceremony. This seminar is the first foreign aid training program organized by our university after three years of the epidemic.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 25, 2023, the College of International Education held an online event for international students from all over the world. The theme was appreciating famous Chinese architecture, introducing students to famous Chinese architecture, and showing the culture and wisdom contained in the distinctive and wonderfully charming Chinese architecture.

To raise the awareness of safety prevention among international students, deepen safety education, improve their safety literacy, and create a safe and healthy learning and living environment, the College of International Education organized an online safety education training on April 25th. The training covered fire safety and fraud prevention education, with Ding Guoyue, the chief of Fengpu Police Station from the Fengxian Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, invited as the guest speaker.

In order to continuously advance the high-quality and connotation development of the exemplary English-taught courses for international students, the College of International Education took the lead in organizing the 2022 SBS Meeting on the Acceptance Review of Exemplary English-Taught Course Construction for International Students by combining online and offline methods on April 14. Chen Yili (Director of International Students Office of Tongji University), Sun Bing (Dean of International Cultural Exchange School of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), and Zhu Zhanghua (Dean of College of International Cultural Exchange of Shanghai Ocean University) attended the Meeting as the evaluation experts, and 9 teachers from College of Professional & Accountancy, College of Business Administration, College of Business and Economics and College of Hospitality Management of Shanghai Business School and relevant staffs from International Students Office of College of International Education attended the Meeting presided over by Dai Ying, Vice Dean of College of International Education.

On the evening of April 10, 2023 (GMT +8.00), the closing ceremonies for the Seminar on Import and Export Trade for Developing Countries and the Seminar on Engineering Project Management for Developing Countries hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) were held online. Vice Dean Dai Ying of the International Education College of Shanghai Business School attended both ceremonies and delivered speeches. The representatives of the lecturers, Ms. Zhang Juan (an associate research fellow from Shanghai University of International Business and Economics) and Mr. Guan Wei (a professor-level senior engineer from the Office of Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Urban and Rural Construction and Management) attended corresponding ceremonies and made speeches.

On the morning of April 6, 2023, the International Education College of Shanghai Business School held a routine meeting on international student education. Online or offline, Vice President He Ying, college deans in charge of international student education, international student class teachers/counselors of each college and relevant personnel of the International Education College attended the meeting presided over by Vice Executive Dean Chen Wei.

On March 29, 2023 (GMT +8.00), the opening ceremonies for the Seminar on Monetary and Banking Management for Latin American, Caribbean and South Pacific Countries and the Seminar on Financial Management for Developing Countries hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mrs. Liu Beimin (a research fellow from Foreign Economics and Cooperation Division of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce) attended both ceremonies. Mr. Chen Wei (Executive Vice Dean of International Education College of SBS, and Vice Director of the Training Base) and Ms. Dai Ying (Vice Dean of International Education College of SBS and Vice Director of the Training Base) attended the two opening ceremonies respectively.

On the evening of March 28, 2023 (GMT +8.00), the online opening ceremonies for the Seminar on Import and Export Trade for Developing Countries and the Seminar on Engineering Project Management for Developing Countries hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) were held online, kicking off Shanghai Business School’s 2023 annual foreign aid trainings. Mr. Fang Meng from the Foreign Economics and Cooperation Division of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Mr. Chen Wei (Executive Vice Dean of International Education College of SBS, and Vice Director of the Training Base) attended the opening ceremonies and delivered speeches.

On the morning of March 30, a 7-people delegation from Jiangxi College of Foreign Studies, including Rao Jianhua (a member of the College Party Committee), Ru Jun (Dean of College of Business Administration, also the College of Tourism), Ning Xiaoque (Director of Continuing Education Department, also the Training Center), etc., visited SBS for exchanges on foreign aid training work. Vice Dean Dai Ying of the International Education College of SBS presided over the research and exchange meeting.

In the afternoon of March 28, the International Education College held an exchange activity themed on Silk Road & the Culture of China’s Western Regions for international students, introducing the thousand-year-old Silk Road and the splendid culture of China’s Western Regions and presenting a unique and wonderful charming China.