On November 12th, Wang Fuhai, director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Division of the Shandong Provincial Department of Education, and working group came to SDUFE toinspectthe work of international education and the Shandong Provincial Education International Exchange and Cooperation Research Center.SDUFE President Zhao Zhongxiu met with the guests. Vice President Tao Hu and relevant persons in charge of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office and Shandong Education International Exchange and Cooperation Research Center attended the forum.

Zhao Zhongxiu extended a warm welcome to Wang Fuhai and the working group and thanked the International Office of the Education Department for its concern and support for the international education of SDUFE.He said that SDUFE has determined the development strategy and established a long-term mechanism of international education and is vigorously promoting high-quality and substantive international exchanges and cooperation. The work of the Shandong Provincial Education International Exchange and Cooperation Research Center is also steadily advancing. In China. Hopefully, the International Office of the Education Department will continue to provide strong support to SDUFE.

Tao Hu introduced SDUFE’s“14th Five-Year Plan” which is a special plan for international education, post-epidemic international scientific research cooperation platform and project construction, promotion of Sino-foreign cooperation ineducation administration, application of international development and cooperation of undergraduate majors, etc.He emphasized that the goal of runninganinternational education is to cultivate talents with international vision and international competitiveness.Hehoped that the International Office of the Education Departmentwouldcontinue to provide policy guidance and assistance to SDUFE.

Wang Jianbo, director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office and executive deputy director of the Shandong Education International Exchange and Cooperation Research Center, introduced the basic situation and work progress of the research center.Recently, the Research Center has fully investigated the research and practice of the internationalization evaluation system of education at home and abroad, and initially constructed the evaluation index system for the internationalization of higher education in Shandong Province and formed a survey report on the internationalization evaluation system of higher education in Shandong Province.

Wang Fuhai highly recognized the school's achievements in international schooling.Further expectations are put forward for the work of the research center. He hoped that the research center will gradually improve the evaluation index system for the international education in Shandong Province based on the full solicitation of the opinions of close-relation universities, so that the evaluation index system can trulyplay the leading role ininternational education.He recommended that the research center continue to expand the research field, provide policy suggestions for the province’s international exchange work, and give full play to its leading role.