On Tuesday noon, November 25, 2025, the College of International Education and the College of Business Foreign Languages jointly hosted the “Diverse Ethnic Cultures, A Tapestry of Shared Beauty” Sino-foreign ethnic cultural exchange event. International students from 12 countries including Russia, Mongolia, Nigeria, and Azerbaijan gathered with Chinese teachers and students. The event aimed to provide a platform for international students from around the world and Chinese students from ethnic minorities to show their national or ethnic cultural characteristics, collectively presenting a splendid cultural feast.

On November 16, the “UN-Habitat (Sub-Saharan Africa) Training Program on Urban Planning and Resilient Infrastructure Construction”, organized by the Ministry of Commerce and undertaken by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), successfully conducted its field study session. Thirty-six officials from UN-Habitat and the ministries responsible for living environment, urban planning, and housing from countries including Benin, Mali, Gabon, Comoros, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo visited the Shanghai People’s City Practice Exhibition Hall, the Yangpu Riverfront Public Space, and the “Green Hill” Ecological Complex. They delved into exploring the construction principles behind the “People’s City” concept.

On the afternoon of November 12, the opening ceremony for the MOFCOM Seminar on Cross-Border E-Commerce and International Supply Chain Management for Panama, organized by the Ministry of Commerce and undertaken by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) from SBS, was held at the Caobao Road Campus. Chen Wei, Secretary of the Direct Party Branch of the International Education college, and Lin Shuya, Deputy Secretary-General of the Pudong Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Executive Vice President of the Pudong Foreign Trade Association, attended the opening ceremony.

On the morning of November 12, the opening ceremony of the Seminar on Counter-Terrorism Cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and organized by SBS’s MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), was held at the Caobao Road Campus. Chen Wei, Secretary of the Directly-Affiliated Party Branch of the International Education School, and Sun Pinjie, Associate Professor from the Big Data and Counter-Terrorism Research Center of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, attending as an expert representative, were present at the ceremony.

On the morning of November 12, the opening ceremony of the China-UN-Habitat (Sub-Saharan Africa) Training Program on Urban Planning and Resilient Infrastructure Construction, organized by the Ministry of Commerce and undertaken by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) of SBS, was held at the Caobao Road Campus. Yin Sheng, Head of the UN-Habitat China Office, and Dai Ying, Deputy Dean of the College of International Education and Deputy Director of the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), attended the opening ceremony.

On the morning of November 11, the opening ceremony for the “Green Circular Economy and Sustainable Development Seminar for Developing Countries”, organized by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and undertaken by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) of SBS, was successfully held. Liu Bin, Dean of the College of International Education of SBS and Director of the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), and Zhu Ting, Associate Professor from the School of Economics at Shanghai University, representing the experts, attended the opening ceremony.

On the afternoon of November 11, the opening ceremony of the MOFCOM Seminar on Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Latvia, organized by the Ministry of Commerce and undertaken by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) of SBS, was held at the Caobao Road Campus. Liu Bin, Dean of the College of International Education and Director of the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), and Zhai Wei, Associate Professor of the Economic Law School of East China University of Political Science and Law, representing the seminar experts, attended the opening ceremony.

On November 11, 2025, guided by the “Business Rhyme along the Silk Road” international education brand, the College of International Education meticulously organized an immersive Traditional Chinese wellness culture experience activity. The lingering fragrance of sachets conveyed the enduring commercial charm of the millennia-old Silk Road, while Tai Chi and Baduanjin embodied Eastern wisdom for self-cultivation. At the intersection of history and the present, the activity paved a practical path for international students to perceive the depth of Chinese civilization.

On the afternoon of November 8, the seminar titled “Forging New Silk Road Commerce, Facilitating Global Circulation——Jointly Building Sustainable Trade and Circulation for the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative”, hosted by SBS, was successfully held at the Primus Hotel Shanghai Hongqiao. Nearly 50 participants gathered for the event, including Level-2 Inspector Liu Zhaohui from the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Vice President Zhang Shaohua of SBS, 38 business officials from relevant departments of 12 countries, including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Panama, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, The Gambia, Vietnam, Zambia，along with some domestic experts and scholars. The seminar was presided over by Chen Wei, Secretary of the Directly-affiliated Party Branch of the International Education College and Executive Dean of the Belt and Road Sustainable Development Research Institute from SBS.

On the morning of November 4th, the opening ceremony of the Malaysia Civil Aviation Operations Management Seminar, organized by the Ministry of Commerce and undertaken by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) of SBS, was successfully held. Zhou Jihong, Deputy Secretary of the Direct Party Branch of the College of International Education, Jiang Zhen, Director of the Southeast Asia Office from the Marketing Department of COMAC, and Peng Yingjie, Senior Manager of the Strategy and Management Innovation Department from the Marketing Department of COMAC, attended the ceremony.

On the afternoon of October 30，2025, the opening ceremony for the El Salvador Smart Logistics Seminar, organized by the Ministry of Commerce and undertaken by SBS’s MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), was successfully held. Liu Bin, Dean of the College of International Education and Director of the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), attended and addressed the ceremony.

On the afternoon of October 28, the College of International Education organized a “Chinese Folk Music Appreciation Concert” for international students. Using aesthetic education as a bridge, the appreciation concert provided an immersive artistic experience, guiding students around the world to deeply appreciate the unique charm of outstanding traditional Chinese culture and further promoting cultural exchange and mutual learning between China and other countries.