On June 5, the Seminar on Mayoral Governance for Croatia, organized by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) of Shanghai Business School (SBS), conducted field visits to the Xuhui Hengshan Road-Fuxing Road Historical and Cultural Block and the Shanghai Cultural and Tourism Digital Intelligence Development Center. From historical block preservation and renewal to innovative practices in digital governance, the 19 officials from the Croatian Parliament, multiple cities, and relevant institutions gained a multi-dimensional understanding of Shanghai's exploration and experience in advancing urban governance modernization.

On the morning of June 3, Liu Bin, Dean of the College of International Education of Shanghai Business School (SBS) and Director of MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), led the participants of the Seminar on Operation, Calibration, and Maintenance of Advanced Medical Equipment for Rwanda, on a visit to the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Industry (National Level) High-Skilled Talent Training Base Practical Training Center. The visit focused on medical equipment operation technology and high-skilled talent development.

On the morning of June 3, the Seminar on Mayoral Governance for Croatia, organized by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) of Shanghai Business School (SBS), held its launch ceremony. Chen Wei, Secretary of the CPC branch of the College of International Education, and Jin Zhongmin, Professorate Senior Engineer at the Shanghai Urban Planning and Design Research Institute, attended the ceremony and delivered speeches.

On the morning of June 1, the Seminar on Operation, Calibration, and Maintenance of Advanced Medical Equipment for Rwanda, organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) at Shanghai Business School (SBS), held its launch ceremony. Liu Bin, Dean of the College of International Education and Director of MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), attended the ceremony.

On the morning of May 28, Shanghai Business School (SBS), in collaboration with the School of the Huangshan Municipal Committee of the CPC, jointly held a symposium and exchange meeting for the Latin American Sci-Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Seminar, along with a ceremony for signing a strategic cooperation agreement and unveiling a practice teaching base. Officials in the field of sci-tech innovation from six countries — Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Spain, and Dominica — together with representatives of key sci-tech innovation enterprises in Huangshan City, gathered to explore cooperation opportunities. Jiao Changlong, Executive Vice President of the School of the Huangshan Municipal Committee of the CPC; Jiang Liming, Party Leadership Group Member and Deputy Director of the Huangshan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology; and Chen Wei, Secretary of the CPC branch at the College of International Education at SBS, attended the event.

On May 26, 2026, the Seminar for Developing Country State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) Executives, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and organized by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) at Shanghai Business School (SBS), visited Jingdezhen, the millennium-old porcelain capital, for an on-site study tour of the China Ceramics Museum and the Taoyangli Historical and Cultural Neighborhood. Twenty government officials and SOE executives from five countries — Gambia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Turkey, and Zimbabwe — explored the cultural heritage of Chinese ceramics through viewing artifacts, reading history, and appreciating the essence of porcelain. Mr. Liu Zili, former Party Secretary and Chairman of Jingdezhen Ceramics Cultural Tourism Holding Group, and founder of Taoxichuan and Taoyangli, accompanied the delegation during the tour.

On the morning of May 15, the opening ceremony of the Myanmar Athletes Development Sports Seminar was successfully held. The seminar is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and organized by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) of Shanghai Business School (SBS). Chen Wei, Secretary of the CPC branch at the College of International Education, SBS attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Recently, Luis de Carvalho, a journalist from Cape Verde’s National News Agency, published a signed article titled “Chronicle of a Scientific and Technological Journey in China” in the local mainstream newspaper A Nação, sharing his experience participating in the “Seminar on Green Circular Economy and Sustainable Development for Developing Countries.” The seminar was organized by the Ministry of Commerce and hosted by our university. Following its publication, the article was promptly reposted on the official social media account of the Chinese Embassy in Cape Verde and reprinted by domestic authoritative media outlets such as The Paper, garnering widespread attention.

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.