BPC's Participation Yields Outstanding Results at 2024 CIFTIS

The 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) was held in Beijing from September 12 to 16, during a season filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, under the theme of "Global Services, Shared Prosperity". Education Services was one of the nine thematic exhibitions of CIFTIS, held at Shougang Park. The theme of this thematic exhibition was "Openness, Cooperation, Innovation, Development - Shaping New Dynamics for Educational Development". Spanning an exhibition area of 6,600 square meters, the event featured four exhibition areas: International Education Cooperation and Exchange, Artificial Intelligence and Technology Empowerment, Educational Services and Innovation Practices, and Promotion and Achievements Release. A total of 97 universities, institutions, and international organizations from around the world participated in person, and over 200 organizations took part online. The exhibition comprehensively showcased new technologies, achievements, scenarios, and business models in education services. It aimed to promote the development of a more open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial international education cooperation model, contributing wisdom and strength for advancing high-level opening-up in the educational field.

Scene of the 2024 CIFTIS Thematic Exhibition on Education Services

As a prominent representative of vocational colleges, BPC participated in CIFTIS for the fifth time and comprehensively displayed its achievements in educational operations. The BPC Party Committee placed significant importance on this event. Under the leadership and coordination of the BPC International Office, relevant departments and schools, including the Publicity Department, BPC Communist Youth League Committee, Double High-Level Program Office, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, School of Architecture and Surveying Engineering, School of Information Engineering, and School of Arts, Law and Management, collaborated effectively. Together, they successfully completed the exhibition area setup, forum meetings, achievement promotion, contract signing negotiations, and other activities within the thematic exhibition at the 2024 CIFTIS.

The exhibition was held in both online and offline venues, showcasing BPC's exceptional capabilities through a variety of methods, including rich visual content, physical displays of exhibits, and interactive communication. The online exhibition hall highlighted BPC’s comprehensive achievements in developing a "Special High-Level" and "Double High-Level" vocational college, as well as its reform and development outcomes in recent years. The offline exhibition area featured seven modules, including: Promoting "Deep Integration of Party Building and Educational Development, Leading the High-Quality Development of Higher Education Based on High-Quality Party Building" through Moral Education; Promoting In-depth Enterprise-Educational Institution Integration and Enhancing Education through Enterprise-BPC Collaboration; Accurately Positioning BPC’s Educational Orientation and Creating a Highland for City-Education Integration; Innovating Talent Training Models and Improving Talent Development Quality; Building Technical Skills Platforms and Demonstrating Social Service Capabilities; Developing Faculty to Meet High Standards and Continuously Encouraging Teachers to Acquire Solid Theoretical Knowledge and Strong Practical skills; Adhering to Openness, Integration, and Sharing Standards and Establishing an International Vocational Education Brand. The exhibition showcased BPC's impressive achievements in educational operations, highlighted the remarkable quality of vocational colleges in Beijing, and set a benchmark and model in the field of vocational education service trade.

Compared to previous years, this year's offline exhibition hall of BPC features more innovations and highlights. In addition to the display wall and physical items such as overseas teaching professional standards, professional textbooks, and country research reports, the exhibition showcased impressive spatial displays highlighting its advantageous majors and characteristic vocational skills projects. These included intelligent robot control, a national intangible cultural heritage jade carving project, braiding with jewelry, and award-winning projects from the national "Internet+" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. Our students majoring in e-commerce live streaming actively participated throughout the event, broadcasting the grand atmosphere of CIFTIS and showcasing our achievements in educational operations. Their live streams were engaging and entertaining, achieving a high click-through rate and attracting numerous viewers, making them a standout feature of the Education Services exhibition area.

Panorama of BPC's Booth

Many leaders visited our booth, including the leaders from various ministries and commissions under the State Council; Ma Jun, Vice Mayor of Beijing; Li Yi, Deputy Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and Director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission; Wei Xubin, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission; Yi Shuaidong, Head of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Beijing Municipal Supervisory Commission at the Education Working Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee; Huang Kan, President of the Beijing Education Association for International Exchange; Dong Chuan, Director of the International Office of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission; and Liu Hao, Fourth-level Researcher at the International Office of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission. Additionally, a delegation of 70 individuals from the training program for university presidents at the National Academy of Education Administration observed our vocational skills display. They praised our achievements in international education operations and offered valuable guidance. The delegation acknowledged the progress we have made in developing a "Double High-Level" vocational college in recent years and recognized the fruitful results of our internationalization efforts. They expressed a willingness to encourage and support initiatives related to "Chinese+TVET" while urging us to provide education that meets the needs of both the public and enterprises, guided by the commitment of dedicated educators. Furthermore, they emphasized the importance of leveraging our vocational education advantages to support China's "Belt and Road Initiative" and international capacity cooperation.

Ma Jun, Vice Mayor of Beijing; Li Yi, Deputy Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and Director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission; Wei Xubin, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission; and other leaders visit our booth; Liu Changan, Deputy Secretary of the BPC Party Committee and President of BPC, along with Zhou Yan, Standing Member of the BPC Party Committee and Vice President of BPC, present BPC's achievements in international education operations

Yi Shuaidong, Head of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Beijing Municipal Supervisory Commission at the Education Working Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, visits our booth; Meng Qing, Director of BPC International Exchange and Cooperation Office, presents CPC's achievements in international education operations

Huang Kan, President of the Beijing Education Association for International Exchange, visits our booth and offers guidance

Dong Chuan, Director of the International Office of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission and Liu Hao, Fourth-level Researcher at the International Office of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission visit our booth and offer guidance

A delegation from the training program at the National Academy of Education Administration visits our booth

During the 2024 CIFTIS, Liu Changan, Deputy Secretary of the BPC Party Committee and President of BPC represented the college at the opening ceremony of the thematic exhibition on education services. The theme of the 2024 CIFTIS Education Summit was "New Scenarios and New Momentum in the Building of a New Future for Global Education". During the forum, education experts and scholars from both domestic and international backgrounds exchanged views on the concepts and practices of future education.

Liu Changan, Deputy Secretary of the BPC Party Committee and President of BPC attends the 2024 CIFTIS Education Summit

Our participation in the 2024 CIFTIS exhibition received robust support from BPC. Leaders from BPC and various departments along with faculty members visited our booth to lend their support for our exhibition efforts. Leaders and faculty members from sister institutions, including Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing College of Finance and Commerce, Beijing Polytechnic, and Beijing Information Technology College, visited our booth to strengthen ties during CIFTIS. They acknowledged and praised the breakthroughs and achievements we have made in recent years and expressed a desire for more diversified cooperation across various fields in the future. Together, we aim to enhance our connections and collaboratively seek a long-term international development path.

Leaders and distinguished faculty representatives from BPC visit our booth to support the exhibition 1

Leaders and distinguished faculty representatives from BPC visit our booth to support the exhibition 2

Leaders and faculty members from sister institutions visit our booth

Leaders and faculty members from sister institutions visit our booth 2

Foreign teachers from the School of International Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology visit our booth

Foreign guests visit our booth for cooperation negotiations

During the event, many visitors stopped by our booth to enjoy lively robot demonstrations, view the display wall and promotional videos, explore our cultural and creative products, and learn about our education programs from the interpreters. The exhibition attracted nearly 1,000 individual visitors and over 100 organization visitors. Everyone was keenly interested in our achievements in educational operations, and many organizations expressed their desire to cooperate with us in overseas educational cooperation, major partnerships, international student training, vocational skills training, and other areas.

Both for achievements in international education "Going Global" textbooks and industrial Chinese textbooks

3D-printed gifts produced by BPC and presented to President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia

Students majoring in e-commerce conduct live streaming of the CIFTIS event and BPC's education at the booth

Robot dog interactive booth

Braiding with jewelry booth

Go robot booth

UAV booth

Campus cultural and creative product booth

BPC cultural and creative product 1

BPC cultural and creative product 2

Visitors and international students from Beijing Language and Culture University visit our booth

International students from BPC visit our booth

During the exhibition, our display of achievements in international education attracted the attention of many mainstream media in China. Converged media platforms, including CCTV Live News and Xinhua News Agency Outlook, conducted feature interviews and provided live-streaming coverage of our booth.

Zhou Yan, Standing Member of the BPC Party Committee and Vice President of BPC interviewed by Xinhua News Agency's Outlook Weekly

Guo Rui, teacher from the School of Information Engineering, interviewed by CCTV Live News Platform

BPC has won the Best Organizer Award and the Most Popular Award for Educational Services at the 2024 CIFTIS.

We receive the Best Organizer Award and the Most Popular Award for Educational Services at the 2024 CIFTIS

It has been twelve years since the first China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services (the predecessor of CIFTIS) was held in 2012. As the world’s first national-level, international, and comprehensive large-scale exhibition in the field of trade in services, CIFTIS connects domestic and foreign markets, showcasing China’s journey of reform, opening up, and innovation. It has become an important bridge linking China with the world, facilitating international cooperation and development in the trade in services sector.

Aiming to showcase achievements in opening-up and the new landscape of vocational education while building a golden bridge for cooperation and sharing educational resources, BPC will strive to promote its development. With a more open and pragmatic attitude, it will actively engage in global cooperation, consolidate the foundation for international education, and expand the platform for international exchange and cooperation. BPC will make all efforts to serve national strategies and support the economic and social development of the capital, seizing opportunities for deeper cooperation in this new era. Our goal is to create an international brand of higher vocational education with Chinese characteristics, opening a new chapter in international education cooperation and contributing to the advancement of vocational education worldwide.