On the evening of September 29(GMT+8), the Forum on Green City Development was successfully held by our university. The forum was conducted both online and offline, and was hosted by Vice President He Ying. Luo Zhisong, Chief Economist of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Chen Lei, Director of the Standard Quota Management Office of the Shanghai Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Construction Management Committee delivered speeches successively. Pan Haixiao, Professor of Urban Transportation Research Institute of Tongji University, Wang Lei, Dean of Design Management Institute of China Construction Eighth Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., Huang Hao, Senior Engineer of Shanghai Urban Construction Design and Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., and Mona Farrag, Chief Urban and Regional Planner of the Land Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Egyptian housing, public utilities and Urban and Community Affairs, also delivered keynote speeches in turn.

On the evening of September 24,the opening ceremony of our university’s 2021 international students was grandly held in meeting room 1401 of Xuhui campus. Vice President He Ying and heads of secondary colleges holding international education such as the College of Business Administration and the College of Hotel Management attended the ceremony. Due to the epidemic prevention and control, the opening ceremony was conducted both online and offline. 30 international students who had already arrived at the university participated in the offline ceremony,the remaining students who were unable to enter the country due to the epidemic participated in the online ceremony through live broadcast platform. The opening ceremony was hosted by Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education.

On the evening of September 23, 2021(GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for " Ministerial Workshop on Urban Planning and Construction for DevelopingCountries" hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Ms. Shen Weilai, Deputy Director of Division of Foreign EconomicCooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Mr. Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education of our university attended the opening ceremony.

On the evening of September 22, 2021 (GMT+8), the closing ceremony for "Seminar on Financial Management for Latin America, the Caribbean and South Pacific Countries " hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mr. Fang Meng from Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Mr. Chen Wei, Vice Dean of the College of International Education of our university attended the ceremony.

On the evening of September 17,2021(GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for " Seminar on Trade Facilitation Cooperation for Belt and Road Countries " hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Ms. Liu Beimin, Researcher with Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce , and Mr. Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education of SBS attended the opening ceremony.

On the afternoon of September 16th, Zhang Jin, Vice President of Shanghai Open University, led a delegation including Weng Zhuhua,Dean ofthe International Exchange College and Xu Hongzhuo, Deputy Director of Academic Education Office, to our university to conduct research and exchanges. He Ying, Vice President of our university, Chen Wei, executive vice dean of college of international education, Dai Ying, vice dean of college of international education and relevant representatives attended the exchange meeting.

On the evening of September 15, 2021 (GMT+8), the closing ceremony for "Seminar on Currency and Bank Management for French-speaking African Countries" hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mr. Fang Meng from Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Ms. Dai Ying, Vice Dean of the College of International Education of our university attended theceremony.

On the afternoon of September 13, College of International Education andMOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) held the first faculty meeting for new semester in meeting room 1503 of Xuhui campus. Vice Dean Chen Wei attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

New dream and new departure! On September 10th, the International Education College of Shanghai Business School welcomed the 2021 class of international students at the Fengpu campus. Dai Ying, ViceDean of the College, led the team to make the whole process unfold as planned. The international students came from 19 countries and regions including Uzbekistan, Russia, Rwanda, and Gabon.

On the morning of September 9, 2021(GMT+8), the Opening Ceremony for " Seminar on Financial Management in Latin America, Caribbean Countries and South Pacific Region " hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Ms. Liu Beimin, Researcher with Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Mr. Dai Ying, Vice Dean of the College of International Education of ouruniversity attended the opening ceremony.

On the evening of September 8, 2021 (GMT+8), the closing ceremony for "Seminar on Currency and Bank Management for Portuguese-Speaking Countries" hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Mr. Fang Meng from Division of Foreign Economic Cooperation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Ms. Dai Ying, Vice Dean of the College of International Education of our university attended theceremony.

At 7 pm on September 6, the forum on financial development under the changing environments was successfully held by our university. The forumwas conducted in a combination of offline and online. Vice President HeYing presided over the forum. Wu Wenfeng, Professor and Associate Dean of the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ruan Qingsong, Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University, Xia Huasheng, Assistant to the President of Bank of China Brazil Branch and Visiting Professor of Finance at Sao Paulo Business School,and José Teixeira, Vice Chairmanof the Union of Financial Institutions and Credit Risk Analyst at the Economic Bank of Cape Verde, made the keynote speech. Associate Professor Wu Jun of our university, Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of theCollege of International Education of our university, and all participating officials from Seminar on Currency and Bank Management forPortuguese-Speaking Countries attended the forum.