On May 25th, Iradukunda Aimee from Rwanda and Abdusattor Somonii from Tajikistan, the two international students from our college, joined the culture tour initiated by Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Jiaxing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and organized by Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association, China Center of University of Manchester and Magnificent Culture. This has been the third time Magnificent Culture organized culture tour of this kind for foreigners. More than 60 people from 28 countries and international students from 11 Shanghai and Jiaxing universities have attended the event, including Professor YU Hongjun, Chief Consultant of Magnificent Culture and former Deputy Minister of International Department of Central Committee of CPC; SHA Hailin, Chairman of the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and its Deputy Chairman JING Ying; SHEN Wenping, Director General of Foreign Affairs Office of Jiaxing Municipal Government; LU Jianfei, Executive Vice Chairman of Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association and FU Xiaoxiao, Executive Vice Chairman of University of Manchester Branch of Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association, Director of China Center of University of Manchester and Founder of Magnificent Culture.

On the morning of May 24, the College of International Education and MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) held a cadre appointment announcement meeting at Meeting Room 1501 in the Xuhui Campus. Mr. Chen Xiaofeng,Deputy Secretary of the School Party Committee, Ms. Zhu Weijuan,Director of the Organization Dept. of the School Party Committee, Mr. Chen Wei,Executive Vice Dean of the College, and Ms. Dai Ying,Vice Dean of the College attended the meeting and delivered speeches.

On the afternoon of May 24, Ms. Wang Liying,Director of the International Exchange Department of Shanghai Customs College,led a team to the College of International Education for exchanges and investigations. Mr. Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education, Ms. Dai Ying,Vice Dean of the College of International Education and relevant representatives of the College attended the exchange meeting.

On the afternoon of April 30, 2021, the international students walked into Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Photography to learn about the history of Chinese old cameras. The visit themed on “Cameras Talk about Chinese Cultural Transition” started with the introduction to the history of cameras in China, and let the international students learn about Chinese technology and culture.

At 19：00 p.m. on April 28, 2021, college of International Education invited Dai Rongrong of Shanghai Jiaotong University and ruanjunbin of Shanghai Medical College of health to hold an online lecture for the students studying in our college.

To serve lifelong education for all, accelerate the construction of a learning society, and further improve the scientific research capacity and professional quality of our teaching and administrative staff, our faculty especially invited Zhuang Jian, President of the Special Committee on Community Education of China Adult Education Association and former Director of the Lifelong Education Department of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, to give a seminar to all our teaching and administrative staff.

For the purpose of strengthening the external cooperation and exchanges of MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) (hereinafter referred to as “Shanghai Training Base”) and enriching its training modes and training resources, a delegation led by Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of College of International Education and Deputy Director of Shanghai Training Base, visited Ruijin Cadre Academy in Jiangxi Province on April 12~14. The delegation was warmly received by Pan Jiugen, Deputy Dean of Ruijin Cadre Academy. The two sides engaged in in-depth discussions and exchanges about training status, program features, future cooperation plans, etc.

On April 9, the College of International Education welcomed the delegation of Chen Runyun, Deputy Director of Training Center of the Ministry of Commerce; Ha Yu, Director of Foreign-aid Training Management Office I; and Liu Beimin, Deputy Director of Foreign Economic Cooperation Department of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce. They surveyed our preparations for online foreign-aid training and our construction of online foreign-aid training smart classrooms and platforms, and engaged in a symposium with our leaders. The symposium was chaired by Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of College of International Education and Deputy Director of MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) (hereinafter referred to as “Shanghai Training Base”).

On the afternoon of March 24, the delegation of the International Business Division of CEEC East China Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., including Deputy Directors He Jiliang and Zhao Jianhua and Business Manager Ni Dongchen, paid a visit to SBS, and was warmly received by Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of College of International Education and Deputy Director of the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) (hereinafter referred to as “Shanghai Training Base”).

Onthe night of March 18 Beijing Time, Sino-Uruguay “COVID-19” Pandemic Preventionand Control Experience Online Exchange Meeting, co-organized by the college andUruguay Paysandu Research Center, was successfully held. The meeting listenedto speeches given by Daniel Salinas, Uruguayan Ministerof Public Health; Wang Gang,Chinese Ambassador to Uruguay; and He Ying, Vice President ofSBS. After that, Zhu Renyi, Director of Department ofDisinfection and Infection Control of Shanghai Municipal Centerfor Disease Control & Prevention; Albornoz Henry, Chairman ofUruguayan Society for Clinical Infection; and Miao Qing, member of CPCCommittee and Director of Pulmonary Disease Department of Xiyuan HospitalCACMS, talked about the situations of pandemic prevention and control in Chinaand Uruguay, and shared their experience. The meeting was co-chaired by ChenWei, Deputy Dean of College of International Education, and Deréan Gonzalve,Vice Chairman of Uruguay Paysandu Research Center. A total of 530 peopleparticipated in the meeting online, including trainees from Latin AmericanSpanish-speaking countries who had participated in our foreign-aid trainingover the years and medical professionals form Uruguay.

On the morning of March 2, 2021, the College of International Education and MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) (hereinafter referred to as “Shanghai Training Base”) jointly held the first faculty meeting of the new semester after co-location at Meeting Room 1503, Xuhui Campus. Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of College of International Education and Deputy Director of Shanghai Training Base, attended the meeting and gave a speech.