On the evening of July 2,2021(GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for "Seminar on Capacity Improvementof Benin’s Judicial Personnel " hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mr. Chen Runyun, Vice President of Academy for International Business Officials,MOFCOM, Ms. Duan Weihua，Deputy Director of 2nd Project Management Division of Academy for InternationalBusiness Officials, MOFCOM,Mr. Zhang Bohui, Counselor of Economic and Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Benin, Ms. He Ying, Vice President of Shanghai Business School, and Mr. Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education of SBS attended the opening ceremony.

Recently,Mr. Martin Piovano Andriolo, the participant in the 2018 Seminar on Trade and Investment for Latin American and Caribbean Countries (Spanish) and Executive Director of Uruguay MPA Consulting Company, senta letter to MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials(Shanghai) of our university to congratulate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

At 8:00 am, June 25 on Beijing time, more than 30 government officials of Ministry of Public Works from the Bahamas, gathered in the cloud to participate in the online China-Bahamas Sponge City Construction and Technology Sharing Forum organized by Ministry of Public Works of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and our university. Mr. Desmond Thomas Bannister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works of the Bahamas, Ms. Dai Qingli, Ambassador of China to the Bahamas, Ms. He Ying, Vice President of our university and Ms. Dai Ying, Vice Dean of our college attended the forum and delivered speeches.

On June 10, an investigation group led by Mr. Huang Minjie, 1st level Investigator of Department of Administrative Politics and Law of Ministry of Finance, Ms. Gui Yun, 2nd level Inspector of Foreign Aid Division of Ministry of Commerce and Ms. Du Zhaojun, Director of Foreign Aid Training Liaison Office of Training Center of Ministry of Commerce visited Shanghai Business School (SBS) to investigate online foreign aid training.

On the morning of June 10, 2021 (GMT+8), the Closing Ceremony for "Seminar on Financial Cooperation for Spanish-Speaking Countries " hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mr. Chen Runyun, Vice President of Academy for International Business Officials, Ms. Duan Weihua，Deputy Director of 2nd Project Management Division of Academy for International Business Officials, Mr. Wang YuJian, Deputy Director of 2nd Project Management Division of Academy for International Business Officials, Ms. He Ying, Vice President of Shanghai Business School, Mr. Chen Wei，Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education of SBS and Ms. Dai Ying，Vice Dean of the College of International Education of SBS, attended the closing ceremony.

On the morning of May 28, 2021 (GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for the Seminar on Financial Cooperation for Spanish-Speaking Countries was held online. This Seminar was sponsored by Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai). Mr. Liu Rutao，Vice President of Academy for International Business Officials, Mr. Duan Weihua，Deputy Division Chief of Academy for International Business Officials, Mr. Chen Feng，Counselor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ecuador, Mr. Dong Wei Counselor of the Embassy of the P.R. China in Colombia, Mr. Ji Xiaofeng，Counselor of the Embassy of the P.R. China in Chile, and Mr. Chen Jianfeng，Vice President of Shanghai Business School， attended the Opening Ceremony and delivered speeches. Attendants of this Ceremony also included Mr. Chen Wei，Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education of SBS and Ms. Dai Ying，Vice Dean of the College of International Education of SBS.

On the evening of May 26, the Completion Ceremony of the Seminar on Management and Application of Modern Rail Transportation for Developing Countries was held online. This Seminar was sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai). Ms. Liu Beimin,a researcher from Division of International Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Mr. Gong Lian ,Deputy Dean of China Railway Shanghai Design Institute Group Co., LTD. and Mr. Chen Wei, Deputy Director of the MOFCOM Training Base(Shanghai),attended the Ceremony and delivered speeches.

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.