2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and is a critical year for achieving the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan". Over the past year, Beijing Foreign Studies University has thoroughly implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and studied, publicized and implemented the spirit of the Second National Education Conference in the New Era. The entire school has worked together, worked hard, and innovated with determination, and has made new breakthroughs and progress in talent training, scientific research, social services, international exchanges, cultural inheritance, etc. The achievements are inspiring and inspiring. In order to summarize and review the important work of the school in 2024 and comprehensively display the achievements in various fields, we have sorted out the top ten news in 2024 for everyone:

1. Beijing Foreign Studies University deeply studies and implements the spirit of the National Education Conference

From September 9th to 10th, the National Education Conference was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the conference and delivered an important speech.

Teachers and students at Beijing Foreign Studies University paid close attention to the convening of the National Education Conference. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech aroused enthusiastic responses among teachers and students. The school party committee attached great importance to it and immediately conveyed and carefully studied and understood the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech. The majority of cadres, teachers and students are proud of the important achievements in the field of education since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and are full of expectations for leading Chinese-style modernization with the support of building a powerful country through education. All department-level cadres actively implemented the spirit of the conference and put forward opinions and suggestions on promoting the stable, rapid and high-quality development of the school. After careful reading and research, the school party committee issued "Promote Foreign Expertise and Build a Powerful Educational Country - A Letter to Party Members and Cadres of the School" (bilingual version in Chinese and English), issuing the strongest call to all party members and cadres to devote themselves to building a powerful country in education and calling on the whole school Party members and cadres unify their thoughts and gather strength, and contribute their wisdom and strength to the historical cause of building a powerful country through education. The second-level units studied the content of the letter in depth and the representative units collectively wrote a letter of determination, expressing their firm determination to "be the masters of Beijing Foreign Studies University and work hard to make new achievements."

2. BFSU successfully completed the review and evaluation of undergraduate education and teaching

According to the work deployment of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University will launch a new round of undergraduate education and teaching review and evaluation in 2024. As a pilot university for the feasibility of "full online without on-campus", work will be carried out in accordance with the online evaluation and inspection method. Since the evaluation was launched on May 17, the expert group has reviewed school self-evaluation reports and related data online, reviewed training plans, test papers, and graduation thesis online, listened to lectures, interviews, and discussions online, and brought in young teachers and student observers in Beijing to the school. A comprehensive inspection of Beijing Foreign Studies University's undergraduate education and teaching work was carried out through various methods such as unannounced visits. The expert group fully affirmed the effectiveness and characteristics of the school's undergraduate education and teaching reform, and put forward specific opinions and suggestions around the high standards and requirements for talent cultivation in world-class universities.

The whole school attached great importance to it, made overall arrangements and coordinated progress, and successfully completed this round of undergraduate teaching review and evaluation work. Each unit will also take this review and evaluation as an opportunity to find gaps, make up for shortcomings, strengths and weaknesses, and comprehensively strengthen the construction of school spirit, teaching style, and study style, and adhere to the principle of "promoting construction through evaluation, promoting reform through evaluation, and promoting management through evaluation." Adhering to the policy of "promoting strength through evaluation" and adhering to the original mission of "educating people for the Party and educating talents for the country", we focus on the reform of education and teaching to promote the training of undergraduate talents at Beijing Foreign Studies University to a new level.

3. Beijing Foreign Studies University actively carries out organized scientific research and achieves remarkable results.

Four of BFSU’s achievements won the Ministry of Education’s Ninth Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences); two projects won the 2024 National Social Science Fund Major Project Approval; one project won the 2024 National Social Science Fund Philosophy and Society The Science Leading Talents Project was approved; 31 projects were approved by the National Social Science Fund in different categories in 2024; BFSU’s “Global Index Research and Global Knowledge Graph Innovation Team” was successfully selected into the Ministry of Education’s Philosophy and Social Sciences Innovation Team Building List. The number of CSSCI journals/collections sponsored by Beijing Foreign Studies University has increased to 8, and a number of national, provincial and ministerial level scientific research institutions have been added.

4. Beijing Foreign Studies University’s high quality has passed the quality assessment and certification of higher education for international students in China.

In 2024, BFSU will receive the higher education quality assessment certification for international students in China. BFSU was awarded the A grade in the re-certification of the quality of higher education for international students in China by the China Education International Exchange Association. The certification is valid for a maximum period of 8 years. It is the only university in the capital that participated in this round of evaluation to receive an A grade and an 8-year validity period. In the quality assessment of higher education for international students in Beijing, Beijing Foreign Studies University, as one of the 15 universities that were evaluated in the first round, was highly praised by the expert group, with an evaluation grade of "excellent" and so on.

5. Beijing Foreign Studies University jointly hosted the founding meeting of the World Political Party Think Tank Cooperation Alliance

From June 5th to 6th, the founding conference of the World Political Parties Think Tank Cooperation Alliance and the Academic Seminar on World Political Parties Politics was held in Beijing, co-sponsored by the Institute of World Political Parties of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Beijing Foreign Studies University. The establishment of the World Political Party Think Tank Cooperation Alliance provides a new platform for exchanges and cooperation among political parties and think tanks in various countries, and helps alliance members to conduct in-depth discussions on effective solutions to respond to global challenges, promote global "good governance", and enhance the welfare of human society. As the chairman unit and secretariat unit of the World Political Party Think Tank Cooperation Alliance, Beijing Foreign Studies University will do its best to provide support for the construction of the alliance and contribute to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

6. China-Africa educational cooperation begins a new chapter, Beijing Foreign Studies University plays its role

From September 4th to 6th, the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit was held in Beijing, and Beijing Foreign Studies University was deeply involved in this event. As a supporting event for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2024, Beijing Foreign Studies University will host the 2024 China-Africa University Alliance Exchange Mechanism Annual Working Conference, aiming to use higher education cooperation to help build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future and send out the "Global South" aspirations. The strong voice of the previous era.

On September 6, Wang Dinghua, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University and Chinese Executive Director of the China-Africa University Alliance Exchange Mechanism, chaired the theme seminar of "China-Africa-UNESCO Cooperation Dialogue on Education and Cultural Heritage Protection". On September 7, Kenya’s Executive Deputy Minister of Education Yangara visited Beijing Foreign Studies University and conducted in-depth exchanges on jointly promoting the development of educational and cultural exchanges between China and Kenya and China-Africa.

During the summit, Beijing Foreign Studies University also sent 78 college student volunteers, and more than 20 teacher and student translation teams participated in the translation and other service guarantee work for the summit. People's Daily Online, Guangming Daily, CCTV News and many other media reported on Beijing Foreign Studies University's participation in the summit.

7. The Global Volunteer Service Alliance initiated by Beijing Foreign Studies University was officially established

On July 25, the 7th China-Africa People-to-People Forum and the 7th China-Africa Young Leaders Forum were held in Changsha City, Hunan Province. The opening ceremony released a list of achievements of the "Silk Road Heart to Heart"-China-Africa People-to-People Friendship Partnership Plan (2024-2026), the Global Volunteer Service Alliance initiated by Beijing Foreign Studies University, the China-Africa Female Entrepreneurs Education Empowerment Program, and the The artificial intelligence youth camp project jointly launched by , Alibaba Group and other units was included in the list. At the parallel forum "International Volunteer Service Forum", the Global Volunteer Service Alliance and the Global Volunteer Service Special Fund initiated by Beijing Foreign Studies University were officially established. Duan Guiqing, deputy secretary-general of the China Voluntary Service Federation, and Wang Ke, deputy secretary-general of the China Association for the Promotion of International Exchanges of Non-Governmental Organizations Yao Guiqing, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Voluntary Service Foundation, and Jia Wenjian, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University jointly unveiled the plaque. The Global Volunteer Service Alliance and the Global Volunteer Service Special Fund, as one of the representative achievements of international exchanges and cooperation in volunteer services between China and Africa, mark that China's international volunteer services have entered a new stage of professionalization, standardization and sustainability.

8. Beijing Foreign Studies University continues to deepen international exchanges and cooperation and achieve fruitful results.

In 2024, Beijing Foreign Studies University will continue to deepen international exchanges and cooperation, promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and achieve fruitful results. Ileana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth of the European Commission, Anita Dimitriou, Speaker of the House of Cyprus, Ahmed Bahul al-Falahi, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates, Belarus Minister of Education Andrei Ivanets and Malta’s Minister of Education, Sports, Youth, Research and Innovation Clifton Grima successively visited the school and had cordial exchanges with teachers and students, which aroused widespread response.

In addition, in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Confucius Institute brand, Beijing Foreign Studies University held a series of activities such as the Forum of Scholars from Confucius Institute Cooperation Institutions and the "Confucius Institute Construction Achievements Exhibition at Beijing Foreign Studies University". Wang Dinghua, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University, reported in the People's Daily Overseas The article "Confucius Institute Construction Assists the Development of Universities" was published in the edition, demonstrating the important contribution of Beijing Foreign Studies University in promoting interconnection and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.

9. The School of English and School of European Languages ​​and Culture at BFSU opens a new chapter in their development

In 2024, the School of English at BFSU will celebrate its 80th anniversary, and the School of European Languages ​​and Cultures will celebrate its 70th anniversary. The two colleges are witnesses, participants and contributors to the glorious history of Beijing Foreign Studies University. In the process of development, they insist on basing themselves on their disciplinary advantages, deepen the reform of education and teaching, constantly innovate talent training paths, and strive to cultivate more students with "feelings for family and country, and global talents". Comprehensive talents with broad vision and professional skills. At the celebration meeting, alumni, representatives of brother schools, school representatives, Chinese and foreign teachers and students reviewed the history of the college and looked forward to the bright future. The college will continue its glorious tradition, serve the great national cause of comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization and building a strong country, and promote the new journey of building a community with a shared future for mankind, continue to achieve new achievements, and create new glory for Beijing Foreign Studies University.

10. Beijing Foreign Studies University and National University for the Elderly Beiwai Branch was established

On December 25, the Beijing Foreign Studies University Branch for the Elderly and the National University for the Elderly was established. The establishment and successful operation of Beijing Foreign Studies University University for the Elderly is an important manifestation of Beijing Foreign Studies University's implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the National Education Conference. It is also an important manifestation of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important reply to the veteran professors of Beijing Foreign Studies University. Highlights presented. BFSU will work with the National University for the Elderly to promote the co-construction of high-quality courses, promote the joint training of senior teachers, promote the sharing of senior education research, give full play to the advantages of BFSU’s “foreign special proficiency”, build quality language courses, and enrich senior education resources. Form Beijing Foreign Studies University’s experience and practices in geriatric education.