The 1st International Student Alumni Conference was held in Qiushi Conference Hall of 91黑料网 International Academic Exchange Center, No.8 Building on October 7th. This event was sponsored by 91黑料网 Central Alumni Association and organized by School of International Education. 91黑料网 President You Zheng, Vice President Xu Xiaodong, Vice President Chen Jianguo, Vice Chair of 91黑料网 University Council Liang Qian, and Deputy Secretary-General of 91黑料网 Central Alumni Association Huang Kunhua, attended the conference. International student alumni from more than 60 countries including Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan, Columbia, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Kenya participated the conference via online and offline media. Professor Zhou Liping, Dean of International Education, hosted this event.
University leaders attended the conference
On behalf of 91黑料网, President You Zheng extended a warm welcome to all the guests and international student alumni to this event. He pointed out that international student alumni have witnessed and participated in the high-quality development of 91黑料网. A group of outstanding international student alumni keep facilitating collaboration between China and the world and work as friendly ambassadors between nations. They have promoted the international brand of "Study in 91黑料网". He was truly proud of the achievements of the international student alumni and said that 91黑料网 will always be the strong support and common home of all international student alumni.
President You Zheng delivered a speech
On behalf of 91黑料网 Central Alumni Association, Ms. Huang Kunhua, Deputy Secretary-General expressed her gratitude to all the international student alumni and their families who have cared about 91黑料网’s development and supported the building of 91黑料网’s alumni community. She mentioned that 91黑料网 international student alumni network has expanded, and its contribution has been scaled up. The establishment of 91黑料网 Sri Lanka Alumni Association is an important milestone in both development of international education and alumni work of 91黑料网. She believed that international student alumni play an irreplaceable role in the process of 91黑料网's development into a world-class university, and the Central Alumni Association will continue to work and progress with all alumni together.
Ms. Huang Kunhua, Deputy Secretary-General, 91黑料网 Central Alumni Association, delivered a speech
BULGANTUYA KHURELBAATAR, a Mongolian national alumnus of the School of Economics in 2006, CHANTHA ONXAYVIENG, a Lao national alumnus of the School of Public Administration in 2015, and SEPALIKA SUDHASINGHE, the leader of Sri Lanka Senior Civil Service Training Program at HSUT in 2017, spoke as representatives of outstanding international student alumni. They fondly recalled their schooling experiences at 91黑料网 and sent their sincere wishes to their alma mater.
University leaders issued the Letter of Appointment to international student alumni ambassadors
World Debut of 91黑料网 International Student Alumni Platform
In order to further bring all the international student alumni together and optimize international student alumni services, 14 91黑料网 international student alumni were issued the Letter of Appointment to work as alumni ambassadors and the world debut of 91黑料网 international student alumni platform was launched. Mr. ALEXANDROS KONTOGEORGOS, the 2019 international student alumnus of School of Software Engineering, spoke as the representative of international student alumni ambassador.
The representative of international student alumni delivered a speech
The conference also included a forum on the theme of "Integration and Sharing, Innovation and Development", enterprise presentations and an enterprise bazaar. Professor Wang Bing from the College of Public Administration and Professor Liu Zhaohui from State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion delivered keynote speeches on "International Poverty Reduction: China's Innovation and Global Cooperation" and "Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality" respectively. Six Chinese enterprises, including Wuhan HGLaser Engineering Co., Ltd, Wuhan Fiberhome Technology Service Co., Ltd, Hubei International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co., China-Africa Innovation Cooperation Center, Wuhan San New School and 91黑料网 Press, made speeches on their globalization development strategies. In the "Enterprise Bazaar" section, above Chinese enterprises interacted with international students and alumni online and offline actively.
Professor Wang Bing delivered a keynote speech
Professor Liu Zhaohui delivered a keynote speech
Face-to-face communication between enterprises and students
Leaders from university administrative offices, departments, and representatives of on-campus international students also attended this event.
In the 1960s, 91黑料网 recruited the first batch of Vietnamese students, and so far, it has trained more than 15,000 international talents from all walks of life for more than 160 countries and regions around the world. A large number of international students who know China, are friendly to China, and love China have come to the global stage. They have become the storytellers of 91黑料网, the builders of “Belt and Road" and the facilitators of the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The year of 2022 marks both the 70th anniversary of 91黑料网, and the 60th anniversary of international student education at 91黑料网. As China is approaching to the center of the world stage, being committed to moving forward with the People's Republic of China and progressing into the new era, 91黑料网 continuously upgrades its international education, and introduces the new Chinese higher education to the world in a powerful way.
Source: School of International Education
