On 21 Oct.2024, International Business School, Beijing Foreign Studies University, successfully held the 2024 International Education Forum. Aiming to provide a platform for promoting international education cooperation, the forum discusses how to cultivate the international outlook and competitiveness in the context of globalization. Representatives from over 30 universities, high schools, and educational institutions from South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, etc. attended the forum. Li Chunli, Chairman of IBS.BFSU School Committee, Niu Huayong, Dean of IBS.BFSU, Dong Lili, Assistant Dean of IBS.BFSU also attended as the main representative of the forum organizer.

In his opening speech, Dean Niu Huayong emphasized that "Internationalization" has always been the steadfast goal and purpose of IBS.BFSU and international education cooperation is the most important for the sustainable development of the school. Now IBS.BFSU has established extensive education cooperation and exchanges with a wide range of countries worldwide, and the international friends circle has been expanding continuously. Benefiting from international education cooperation, IBSBFSU welcomes outstanding international students who bring a unique cultural perspective and become an essential force in promoting knowledge exchanges and cultural understanding.

Afterwards, Dong Lili gave a detailed introduction to degree programs and short-term programs for international students. She stated under the framework of ‘Internationalization-Integration-Immersion’, IBS.BFSU provides international students with a learning environment featuring internationalization, various campus activities integrating them with peers from different cultural backgrounds, and immersive experience in Chinese culture, business internships, and practices. In addition, she made a special emphasis on the school-enterprise partnership IBS.BFSU has been forged these years, which provides international students with professional courses in areas including big data, AI and industry trends, promoting the program more technological and practical.

On the forum, Chairman of IBS.BFSU school committee, Li Chunli signed Memorandum of Understanding with representatives of educational institutions from various countries and reward the plaque to partner schools.

IBS.BFSU student representatives from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexio, USA, Canada and other countries shared with the guests the unique charm of IBS.BFSU, their personal experience of studying, and their life in Beijing by introducing the courses, campus activities, and the support provided by IBS.BFSU team, and the study and living environment on and off campus.