On the afternoon of May 25, the unveiling ceremony and development forum of the School of International Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University were held in the library.

Qu Zhenyuan, former president of the China Higher Education Society and former party secretary of China Agricultural University, Wang Dinghua, party secretary of our school, Peng Long, president, Yan Guohua, vice president, and dozens of well-known experts and scholars from the field of education at home and abroad attended the forum. The opening ceremony of the forum was hosted by Qin Huimin, Dean of the School of International Education.

Wang Dinghua delivered an opening speech and introduced to the guests the achievements of Beijing Foreign Studies University over the years in keeping pace with the times, keeping the overall interests of the country in mind, and cultivating various talents for international exchanges. He pointed out that Beijing Foreign Studies University is forming a disciplinary layout with foreign languages ​​and literature as the main subject and coordinated development of liberal arts, law, economics, management, engineering, and education. When major development opportunities come and the importance of international education becomes more prominent, BFSU International Education College came into being. Based on the establishment of the School of Education in 2015, the school’s Party Committee decided in April this year to rename the School of Education as the School of International Education and increase support in all aspects.

He said that as an important part of the layout of Beijing Foreign Studies University's advantageous disciplines, the School of International Education should take a high starting point, high level, internationalization and diversification as its development characteristics, and list comparative education, higher education and educational law and policy as teaching and scientific research. Focus on key areas, gather strength, highlight advantages, focus on development, and promote characteristics. BFSU International Education College should place Chinese education in a global context to discuss, conduct research on education models, experiences, legal policies, etc. in various countries and regions around the world, and compare and contrast with China, so as to provide guidance for my country's educational development and talent training. Provide valuable experience and reference. On the other hand, it actively promotes communication and exchanges between Chinese and foreign education circles, builds a communication bridge between Chinese education and foreign education, forms a positive interactive mechanism, deepens international cooperation, Chinese and foreign joint training, carries out bilingual teaching, cultivates masters and doctoral students, and serves the country. strategy and launch important results.

Peng Long pointed out that Beijing Foreign Studies University has made many efforts in subject positioning and talent training in recent years. The overall idea of ​​BFSU in building a "double first-class" school is to adhere to the school-running philosophy of "foreign, special and refined", with the goal of building a world-class foreign language university with distinctive characteristics, to cultivate high-level international talents, and to research and disseminate excellent Chinese and foreign cultures. , explore new knowledge, and promote the diversity of world civilizations as the purpose of running the school, pursue excellence, and strive for excellence, and are committed to making BFSU a leader in the development of foreign language education in China, a think tank serving the country’s global strategy, and an important base for the dissemination of Chinese culture to the world. The newly renamed School of International Education is a new layout and a major opportunity for the overall discipline development of Beijing Foreign Studies University. The development of the school has a long way to go.

At the unveiling ceremony, Wang Dinghua, Peng Long, Qu Zhenyuan and Qin Huimin jointly unveiled the newly built School of International Education of Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Qin Huimin serves as the dean of the School of International Education. 35 well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad have been hired to serve as members of the Expert Advisory Committee of the School of International Education. Professor Qu Zhenyuan serves as the chairman of the Expert Advisory Committee. Wang Dinghua and Peng Long issued letters of appointment to the members of the Expert Advisory Committee.

Qu Zhenyuan congratulated BFSU on the new School of International Education, the establishment of the Expert Advisory Committee and the convening of the Development Forum. He pointed out that the change of the name of the School of Education to the School of International Education has pointed out the direction for the future development of the school. The school should be more open and open. perspective and broader perspective, and put forward strategic policy recommendations for the country’s educational development. The Expert Advisory Committee of the School of International Education should play an active role in gathering wisdom and talents.

Wang Daquan, deputy director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the Ministry of Education, said that BFSU International Education College came into being because of people and attracted demand. The development of the college needs to actively expand outwards, combine various resources, lead the demand, and become a high-level, international teaching, scientific research and educational service institution. The Policy and Regulations Department of the Ministry of Education also hopes to form a contact mechanism and form a strategic cooperative relationship with BFSU International Education College.

Wang Bingming, deputy director of the General Division of the Teacher Affairs Department of the Ministry of Education, said that the establishment of BFSU International Education College is of great significance. It is hoped that BFSU International Education College will give full play to the advantages of BFSU’s foreign language talents, legal policy research and international cooperation mechanisms, deeply explore foreign advanced education experience, and play an important role in China’s education reform and development process.

The Beijing Foreign Studies University School of International Education Development Forum was chaired by Qu Zhenyuan. The 19 expert advisory committee members and 6 foreign experts who attended the meeting provided advice and suggestions on the development of the School of International Education of Beijing Foreign Studies University and the overall construction of the education disciplines of Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Ruth Xu, an international member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the School of International Education, an emeritus professor at the University of Toronto and the Ontario Institute of Education in Canada, and an expert in comparative education, gave an academic speech titled "What Will China's Give Back to the World?" Professor Xu Meide pointed out that in the process of educational development, government decision-making and support play a decisive role. At the same time, the development of Chinese education is rooted in China’s traditional culture and has its own unique development path. The world should learn from China, and China also needs to learn from the world.

Professor Xiong Qingnian of Fudan University, editor-in-chief of "Fudan Education Forum", pointed out that although there are many studies on international education, there are still many deficiencies and problems. He hopes that the School of International Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University can develop new perspectives and expand based on China's actual needs. With the help of BFSU’s unique language advantage connects culture and education and conducts in-depth research.

Lao Kaisheng, a distinguished professor at Capital Normal University, believes that the establishment of the School of International Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University is an inspiration to the education community. At present, the development of education has gradually moved away from being a subject for training teachers, and its horizons and boundaries have expanded than before. The establishment and development of BFSU International Education College has formed the teaching and research characteristics of Beijing Foreign Studies University by better comparing the similarities and differences between Chinese and foreign education. It can give full play to its advantages in international exchanges, international cooperation, and international understanding, and draw from many education colleges. stand out.

Professor Zhou Hongyu, member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress, vice president of the Chinese Education Society, and president of the Yangtze River Education Research Institute, said that the establishment of BFSU International Education College complies with the development trend of international education. It complies with the needs of the current and future development of Chinese education, as well as the needs of Beijing Foreign Studies University's own development transformation from single language research to comprehensive cultural and educational research. The future development focus of the School of International Education should be to combine international education with domestic education, combine theory with legal policy research, combine traditional resources with modern practice, and focus on comparative research, field research and empirical research.

Professor Xuan Yong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang International Studies University, pointed out that the international development of education should be placed in the country's modernization process and is a process of learning from the backward to the advanced. Xuanyong also emphasized that international education should also strengthen China’s traditional cultural education. He believes that the establishment of the School of International Education reflects BFSU’s educational sentiments and international characteristics.

Zhang Yingqiang, dean of the Institute of Educational Sciences at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, editor-in-chief of Higher Education Research, and Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor, said that BFSU International Education College should make contributions in promoting Chinese higher education to the world.

Lu Xiaozhong, dean of the School of Educational Sciences at South China Normal University and Distinguished Professor of Cheung Kong Scholars, believes that the future development of the School of International Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University should not seek to be big, but to be special and excellent. At present, most international education research is introductory. We hope that the School of International Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University can dig deeper and conduct international education research with Chinese characteristics.

Liu Baocun, President of the Asian Comparative Education Society and Distinguished Professor of Changjiang Scholars at Beijing Normal University, pointed out that comparative education is now facing huge opportunities. Beijing Foreign Studies University has a profound accumulation of research on languages, countries and regions, literature, culture, and international organizations. International Education The college should regard these as huge advantages and opportunities for the development of its own disciplines and achieve overtaking in corners.

Shi Xiaoguang, a professor at the School of Education at Peking University, believes that as a young college, the School of International Education needs to integrate the resources of the entire school to form a relatively stable teaching staff. The future development orientation of BFSU International Education College should be small but refined, research-oriented, distinctive and international.

Shen Suping, distinguished scholar professor at Renmin University of China and deputy dean and deputy secretary of the School of Education, fully affirmed the three key development discipline directions of comparative education, higher education and educational law and policy identified by the School of International Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University. She believes that discipline construction should focus on the characteristics of specialization and education. She hopes to strengthen cooperation between the two academies in teaching, scientific research and think tank construction in the future.

Researcher Gao Baoli, deputy president of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences and editor-in-chief of "Education Research", believes that the future development of the School of International Education at BFSU should give full play to BFSU's advantages in language and cultural research and make some new breakthroughs in research methods. In education Achieve interdisciplinary cooperation in scientific research and form multi-cultural integration and complementarity.

Attending the meeting were Professor Mel West, former dean of the School of Education, University of Manchester, UK, Professor Ken, Dean of the School of Education, University of Windsor, Canada, Hans G., emeritus professor of the School of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada, emeritus professor of the Ontario Institute of Education, University of Toronto, Canada, and University of Windsor, Canada. Professor Xu Shijing of the School of Education, director of the Canadian Institute of Sustainable Development and Education and policy and research director of the Learning Partnership, adjunct professor of York University, director of the Curriculum and Policy Evaluation Division of the Ontario Ministry of Education, and former director of the Toronto District School Board Gerry and other foreign scholars also put forward suggestions and opinions on the relationship between Chinese education and world education, the future development of Beijing Foreign Studies University School of International Education, the issues that should be paid attention to, and how to make its own unique impact.

In his concluding remarks, Qu Zhenyuan pointed out that the focus of this forum is on what BFSU International Education College should do and how to do it well under the current background of international education and Chinese education. It is hoped that Beijing Foreign Studies University will give full play to its advantages in foreign languages ​​and international exchanges. It does not seek to make the institution bigger, but strives to make it better and more sophisticated, so as to develop its own advantages and characteristics. It is hoped that BFSU International Education College will make in-depth research and contributions on issues such as educational internationalization, talent training, and educational modernization. The expert advisory committee should also strengthen exchanges in future work and jointly assist the construction and development of BFSU International Education College.

(College of International Education)