On December 19, 2023, the College of International Education organized a symposium for international students in 2023 fall semester in Classroom 113 of Building No.1. It aimed to build a platform for communication and exchange to address the problems and difficulties encountered by international students in their studies and daily lives. The symposium was attended by Dai Ying, the Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education, along with staff members from the International Student Office. Additionally, 33 representatives of international students from different grades, majors, and colleges actively took part in the event.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, December 12, 2023, the College of International Education hosted a delightful frisbee game for international students from various countries. The game not only introduced them to new and thrilling frisbee techniques but also fostered exercise habits and enhanced their overall physical fitness.

On December 7, 2023, "Chinese enterprises' involvement in high- quality development of the belt and road initiative - The tenth symposium on Chinese enterprises going global" was held in Shanghai International Convention Center, and the College of International Education and MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) were invited. Chen Wei and Dai Ying from the College of International Education, led 15 teachers from the Business Chinese Teaching and Research Office, counselors and representatives of international officials participating in the seminar, and representatives of international students to attend the conference.

On December 1st, the opening ceremony of the Advanced Seminar for Financial Leaders from the Perspective of the Belt and Road Initiative, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and organized by our school’s MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), was inaugurated. Liu Beimin, a researcher at the Foreign Economic Cooperation Department of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, and Chen Wei, Executive Vice Dean of the College of International Education and Deputy Director of MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), attended the event.

On November 30th at 1:30 pm local time in Djibouti, the Overseas Seminar on Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training for Djibouti, organized by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and hosted by our school's MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), concluded with a closing ceremony. Dai Ying, Vice Dean of the College of International Education, Deka Mahmoud Gueller, founder of Djibouti Digital Electronic Health Company, and other participants were at present.

On the afternoon of November 28th, 2023, the College of International Education held an event with the theme of film dubbing and Chinese-foreign music exchange for international students from all over the world. The participants appreciated classic movie clips and listened to popular Chinese and foreign songs, which enriched their campus life and improved their aesthetic literacy through artistic exchange.

On the morning of November 24th, attendees of the "Seminar on Economic and Trade Cooperation for Developing Countries", organized by the Ministry of Commerce and hosted by SBS, actively participated in the Forum on Rule of Law in Global Digital Trade.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, November 21st, 2023, the College of International Education held a Chinese salon with the theme of appreciating the Chinese poetry for international students from around the world. The poetry not merely showcased the unique humanistic sentiments of Chinese people, but highlighted remarkable Eastern aesthetics.

At 9:30 am Djibouti time on November 21st, the Overseas Seminar on Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training for Djibouti, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai), held its opening ceremony at the Djibouti International Exhibition Center. Liang Hao, Counselor of the Economic and Commercial Department of the Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Djibouti, Dai Ying, Vice Dean of the School of International Education, Chekhem Mohammed, Deputy General Manager of the Djibouti Leadership and Entrepreneurship Center, and others were present at the site.

As its education has become increasingly international-oriented and educational opening-up to the outside world has been continuously expanded, China has now become one of the main forces of international education exchange and cooperation. In recent years, the Ministry of Education has successively deployed and implemented a number of initiatives to jointly build the “Belt and Road” in the field of education, continued to expand educational cooperation with countries along the line, and the scale of overseas students in China has continued to expand.

On November 9th, in order to continually promote the high-quality and connotative development of the construction of English-teaching demonstration courses for international students in SBS, the College of International Education led an online and offline project review conference to evaluate the 2024 project of the construction of English-teaching demonstration courses for international students in Shanghai Business School. As review experts, Yao Jie, director of the International Exchange Office and dean of International Exchange College at Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Zhang Zhe, deputy director of Office of International Affairs at Shanghai University of Sport, and Li Yuewen, deputy dean of College of International Education at Shanghai University of Engineering and Science were invited to the conference. Thirteen course leaders from College of Finance, College of Business Administration, College of Hospitality Management, College of Business Information and College of Business Foreign Language in our university and relevant personnel from College of International Education were presented at the conference, which was hosted by executive vice dean of College of International Education, Dai Ying.

The Seminar on Vocational Education Models and Technical Skills for Developing Countries, organized by Shanghai Business School, commenced successfully on Novenber 3rd. The opening ceremony, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and hosted by the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) at Shanghai Business School, marked a noteworthy inauguration. Liu Beimin, the researcher from the Foreign Economic Cooperation Department of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and Chen Wei, the executive vice dean of the College of International Education, Shanghai Business School and deputy director of the MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) were present at the ceremony.