On the morning of October 12, 2021(GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for "Seminar on Infrastructure Construction in Latin American Countries" hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base forInternational Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Ms. Liu Beimin, Researcher with Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Mr. Dai Ying, Vice Dean ofthe College of International Education of our university attended the opening ceremony.

At 1 pm on October 19, 2021, the lecture on safety education for international students was held in Room 117, Building 1, Fengxian Campus. The lecture invited police officer Wu Zhenxiao from the police station of the Fengxian Public Security Bureau. He brought a wonderful lecture on "Do a good job of self-prevention and complete your studies safely" for the international students.

On October 4, 2021, the College of International Education organized the"Foreign Students Seeing Shanghai" practical course. 24 international students from Russia, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Yemen and other countries participated in this activity.

On the evening of September 30, 2021(GMT+8), the “Seminar on Trade Facilitation Cooperation for Belt and Road Countries” hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and undertaken by MOFCOM Training Base forInternational Business Officials (Shanghai) of our university held an online closing ceremony. Han Bo, Project Director of the Free Trade ZoneUnited Development Co., Ltd., and Dai Ying, Vice Dean of the College ofInternational Education of our university attended the ceremony.

On the evening of September 29(GMT+8), the Forum on Green City Development was successfully held by our university. The forum was conducted both online and offline, and was hosted by Vice President He Ying. Luo Zhisong, Chief Economist of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Chen Lei, Director of the Standard Quota Management Office of the Shanghai Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Management Committee delivered speeches successively. Pan Haixiao, Professor of Urban Transportation Research Institute of Tongji University, Wang Lei, Dean of Design Management Institute of China Construction Eighth Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., Huang Hao, Senior Engineer of Shanghai Urban Construction Design and Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., and Mona Farrag, Chief Urban and Regional Planner of the Land Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Egyptian housing, public utilities and Urban and Community Affairs, also delivered keynote speeches in turn.

On the evening of September 24,the opening ceremony of our university’s 2021 international students was grandly held in meeting room 1401 of Xuhui campus. Vice President He Ying and heads of secondary colleges holding international education such as the College of Business Administration and the College of Hotel Management attended the ceremony. Due to the epidemic prevention and control, the opening ceremony was conducted both online and offline. 30 international students who had already arrived at the university participated in the offline ceremony,the remaining students who were unable to enter the country due to the epidemic participated in the online ceremony through live broadcast platform. The opening ceremony was hosted by Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education.

On the evening of September 23, 2021(GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for " Ministerial Workshop on Urban Planning and Construction for DevelopingCountries" hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Ms. Shen Weilai, Deputy Director of Division of Foreign EconomicCooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Mr. Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education of our university attended the opening ceremony.

On the evening of September 22, 2021 (GMT+8), the closing ceremony for "Seminar on Financial Management for Latin America, the Caribbean and South Pacific Countries " hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mr. Fang Meng from Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Mr. Chen Wei, Vice Dean of the College of International Education of our university attended the ceremony.

On the evening of September 17,2021(GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for " Seminar on Trade Facilitation Cooperation for Belt and Road Countries " hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Ms. Liu Beimin, Researcher with Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce , and Mr. Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education of SBS attended the opening ceremony.

On the afternoon of September 16th, Zhang Jin, Vice President of Shanghai Open University, led a delegation including Weng Zhuhua,Dean ofthe International Exchange College and Xu Hongzhuo, Deputy Director of Academic Education Office, to our university to conduct research and exchanges. He Ying, Vice President of our university, Chen Wei, executive vice dean of college of international education, Dai Ying, vice dean of college of international education and relevant representatives attended the exchange meeting.

On the evening of September 15, 2021 (GMT+8), the closing ceremony for "Seminar on Currency and Bank Management for French-speaking African Countries" hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mr. Fang Meng from Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Ms. Dai Ying, Vice Dean of the College of International Education of our university attended theceremony.

On the afternoon of September 13, College of International Education andMOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) held the first faculty meeting for new semester in meeting room 1503 of Xuhui campus. Vice Dean Chen Wei attended the meeting and delivered a speech.