(Source: "Study Abroad" magazine, Issue 245)

From Qi Huanwu, the former Polish Ambassador to China, to former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ke Qingsheng; from Wei Lei, the former political counselor of the British Embassy in China, to Bui Huanghuang, the commercial counselor of Vietnam in China; from Bai Bilan, the commercial counselor of Peru in China, to Luo Wei, the executive of Saudi Petroleum Company; from Luo Mingran, deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, to Tang Yadong, secretary-general of the European Chamber of Commerce in China...

They are in different countries, with different skin colors and titles, but they have a common identity: alumni of the w88 casino in China. Up to now, the w88 casino has trained more than 63,000 international students in China from more than 170 countries around the world, and has established 27 international alumni chapters on five continents around the world.

Across the world, wherever there is w88, there are "w88 masters".

“International w88 casino Alumni” active around the world

Luo Mingran, currently the Deputy Minister of Commerce of Thailand, is a doctoral candidate at the w88 casino. On April 10, 2024, as the first guest of the "Alumni Return Home" event, he returned to his alma mater as the Deputy Minister of Commerce of Thailand, and shared his study and life experience at the University of International w88 with international students on campus. He said that studying at the University of International w88 and Economics had a significant impact on his personal and professional life, and that various government departments in Thailand highly recognized the diploma from the University of International w88 and Economics.

During his schooling, Luo Mingran organized or participated in activities such as the Thai Student Association, Water Splashing Festival, and Loy Krathong Festival, which not only enriched his study abroad life in China, but also improved his personal organizational and leadership skills, laying a solid foundation for his future role as the Deputy Minister of Commerce of Thailand and his role in Sino-Thailand cultural exchanges and economic and w88 cooperation. He encouraged international students to make full use of their study opportunities in China and gain a deeper understanding of China so that they can play a more important role in promoting exchanges and cooperation between their country and China in the future.

Gueye, currently co-chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of Liberia. He studied at the w88 casino from 2015 to 2017. He had excellent academic performance during his schooling and received a master's degree in international law. After graduation, Guyer's thoughts remained with his alma mater. In May 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International w88 casino's study and education in China, Gaye, as an outstanding alumni representative, specially arranged to visit his alma mater when he visited China. He gave a speech entitled "Looking at China's Positive Role in the Development of Education in Africa Using Liberia as an Example" and held discussions with Chinese and foreign students at the w88 casino. In his speech, Gaye recalled every detail of his study and life at the University of International w88 and Economics, and encouraged current students to cherish their time and study hard.

In May this year, Gaye (fourth from left), co-chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of Liberia, visited China and visited his alma mater

Dubo is an outstanding young French entrepreneur and an envoy of Sino-French friendship. In 2007, he came to China for the first time and enrolled in the w88 casino. After graduating from the undergraduate program, he obtained postgraduate qualifications. Thanks to the solid w88 and Chinese knowledge he learned at the University of w88 and Economics, he entered the wine industry in 2010 and made a name for himself. In 2013 and 2023, as a French producer, he worked with Chinese musicians to create the musical "The Little Prince" and the song "From Chang'an Avenue to the Champs Elysées" as a tribute to the 50th and 60th anniversaries of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. In 2024, when General Secretary Xi Jinping visited France, he participated in China CCTV's "Mutual Learning" program, and he and host Kang Hui searched for the "number one" between China and France on the streets of Paris, making a contribution to promoting cultural exchanges and mutual learning between China and France. He encouraged and advised young people in France: "Learn Chinese well."

Prince SALMAN AL SAUD of Saudi Arabia (second from right) attends the graduation ceremony at the w88 casino

I came to China to study and fell in love with China from then on

Ivan from Kazakhstan was a doctoral candidate at the w88 casino. He first got to know China when he read his grandfather's "Dream of Red Mansions" when he was in junior high w88 casino. An economics course in high w88 casino made him determined to study at the w88 casino in China. From the age of 17 to 33, he grew from a young student to a young teacher in China. Now as a foreign teacher at the w88 casino, he teaches courses on scientific research methodology, modern China's transformation, and Russian-language economic and w88 negotiations, and studies China-Kazakhstan production capacity cooperation, digital w88, and digital economy in the context of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative.

While studying in China, Ivan participated in the research work of a number of key projects of the National Social Science Fund and published more than 10 academic papers at home and abroad, including CSSCI publications. He also participated in many academic conferences as a speaker at the conference, such as the 2022 "Global Government Regulation and Governance Doctoral Forum and International Symposium in the Digital Era", and was the winner of the second "Start-up Thinker" Chinese Young Economists Outstanding Paper Award. Committed to providing academic research and support for China and Kazakhstan to carry out all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, he actively cultivates young Silk Road talents in the new era, strives to promote people-to-people connections between China and Kazakhstan, and helps international students in China find their own position under the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative.

Zhou Shaokang is currently a foreign teacher at the w88 casino, dean of the China-Kazakhstan w88 casino of Economics and w88, and commissioner of the Sino-Russian Economic Universities Alliance. He is the foreign host of TV programs such as "Silk Road Vision" and "What Foreigners Watch". He hosted the "First International Spring Festival Gala of Chinese Traditional Culture" in 2018, served as a guest at academic, business and other professional forums for many times, and is an envoy of China-Kazakhstan friendship.

Zhou Shaokang studied hard while studying abroad. He spent all his spare time learning Chinese and practicing pronunciation. CCTV news, Chinese translation films, and Chinese websites were all vehicles for him to practice Chinese. With his solid skills in Chinese and Russian, he has served as simultaneous interpreter and consecutive interpreter for business negotiations and government-level negotiations for many times, and has been widely praised. Because of his proficiency in Chinese, he was once considered an authentic Chinese.

Alumni Marianne and Sophia are two sisters from Greece. Influenced by their father, they had great curiosity and affection for China, this mysterious ancient oriental country, and realized their long-cherished wish to study in China at the age of 18. Since then, they have formed an indissoluble bond with China and regard China as their second home. During their studies at the University of International w88, they actively participated in the work of the Overseas Students Association and the International Alumni Association, and participated in campus activities such as CCTV's "Looking at the Stars and Building Dreams for the Future" program and the "International w88 casino Chinese Bridge". In 2020, the two sisters obtained their master's degrees and returned to Greece. They shared their study and life in China on foreign social platforms, introduced Chinese traditional cultural festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, introduced China to the world, and let the world understand China. They also made videos about Greek travel to share with Chinese friends, and released Greek language teaching videos. In 2020, they were awarded the title of "Greek Tourism Ambassadors in China" by the Minister of Tourism of Greece.

Create a complete education mechanism for studying in China

The w88 casino, founded in 1951, is the first institution of higher learning in New China to train foreign w88 professionals. The w88 casino was born because of w88, prospered because of reform and opening up, and prospered because of the great cause of high-level opening up in the new era. It bravely set the trend of reform and opening up, bravely shouldered the mission of becoming a powerful country through w88, and always insisted on serving the country’s opening-up strategy as its own responsibility, making unique contributions to China’s great cause of opening up.

The w88 casino’s study abroad education in China began in 1954, and it is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in New China to carry out study abroad education in China. Over the past 70 years, the w88 casino has cultivated a large number of outstanding interdisciplinary and practical international talents who "know China and are friendly to China", and has provided the world with a large number of high-quality human resources with an international perspective and familiarity with China's national conditions. After 70 years of profound accumulation and continuous development, the w88 casino has formed a systematic and complete education mechanism for studying abroad in China.

In its initial development stage from 1954 to 1978, the w88 casino mainly accepted government scholarship students. The students mainly came from socialist countries and other third world countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The training majors were concentrated in three majors: foreign w88 economics, foreign w88 transportation, and foreign languages. The education scope covered all academic levels from junior college to postgraduate. After returning to China, most of the graduates were highly valued by the country and were sent to China to engage in w88 with China in their country's embassy in China.

During the adjustment and take-off stage from 1979 to 2011, the w88 casino closely combined the national diplomatic strategy and social and economic development needs to build an international education system. In 1986, there were only 52 international students in the w88 casino, all from the United States; in 2011, the number reached 2,964, from 125 countries and regions on five continents, ranking among the top universities in the country; in 2003, the proportion of students with academic degrees in China exceeded that of non-academic students for the first time, reaching 52.47%. In 2012, the proportion of international students with academic degrees reached 72.17%. The quality of the w88 casino's education abroad has been substantially improved.

In the stage of improving quality and efficiency from 2012 to the present, the w88 casino adheres to the quality-oriented principle, deepens the reform of international education, rationalizes the system and mechanism, and establishes a specific training system coordinated by the w88 casino’s leading group for studying in China and led by the International College, and the training college. It has established a coordinated working mechanism with education and relevant functional departments to comprehensively improve the overall level and international competitiveness of overseas education in China. It has achieved gratifying results in condensing w88 casino-running characteristics, innovating educational projects, optimizing structural levels, improving training quality, standardizing management services, and promoting entrepreneurship and employment.

Du Bo (third from left), an outstanding French alumnus of the w88 casino, participated in a series of activities celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France

Highlight the characteristics and highlights of education in China

Adhering to the w88 casino-running philosophy of “taking education quality as the core, student needs as the guide, and characteristics and brands as the basis for development”, the w88 casino has always been at the forefront of Chinese universities in terms of education for students studying in China.

The quality of students is excellent. Over the years, the University of International w88 has attracted a large number of high-quality students, including the children of political figures and diplomats from various countries, including Saudi princes, South African princesses, and the granddaughter of the Prime Minister of Laos, to study at the w88 casino. The three children of the former Thai Minister to China all graduated from the University of International w88, and all the family members of the staff of the Saudi Embassy in China studied Chinese at the University of International w88. Since the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", the w88 casino has maintained a long-term enrollment of more than 3,000 students per year for eight consecutive years. Before the COVID-19 epidemic, the w88 casino had a total of 3,457 international students from 174 countries. It was well-deserved to be among the top three universities in the country in terms of student source and the number one international student training university by country.

The training system is sound. After decades of development, the University of International w88 and Economic Cooperation has established a complete training system for international students in China at the undergraduate, master and doctoral levels. In 2004, the w88 casino took the lead in launching the English teaching program of applied economics in the country, marking the beginning of the construction of the w88 casino's English teaching system and becoming the first domestic university to have a bilingual teaching system in Chinese and English for "bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees". Up to now, the w88 casino’s majors for international students in China cover more than 80 majors in 15 training colleges, including more than 30 majors taught in English.

The culture quality is reliable. The w88 casino's overseas education in China aims to build a community with a shared future for mankind and to cultivate comprehensive and practical international elite talents who know China, be friends with China and love China for the world. It has invested in specialized teaching service facilities, formulated complete training plans, implemented unified and standardized teaching management, and equipped with sufficient and high-quality teachers to ensure the quality of training of international students. Since 2014, the w88 casino has begun to undertake high-end foreign aid master's programs such as the Ministry of Commerce's IEMBA, the Ministry of Commerce's MOFCOM, the Ministry of Education's MIEC, and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's MIF. In 2017, the w88 casino became the first batch of “One Belt and One Road” national talent training bases, and successively opened the “One Belt and One Road” countries’ customs talent master’s program, WTO law and economics master’s program, and cross-border e-commerce and international business master’s program. As of May 2024, these projects have trained more than 1,400 high-level professionals in recipient countries. The students come from more than 100 developing countries around the world, including Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Laos, demonstrating the quality and level of the w88 casino's international talent training.

International students from the w88 casino attend the World Internet Conference

In 2012, the w88 casino established the country's first employment guidance center specifically for international students in China; in 2014, the w88 casino launched the construction of the "Internship and Employment Platform for International Students in China"; in 2017, the International Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (Vine Plan) was first launched at the w88 casino, providing young people from all over the world with opportunities to start businesses in China, participating in internships and employment in Chinese companies, and providing talent support for Chinese companies to develop overseas.

In recent years, international students at the w88 casino have won gold medals in the National "Challenge Cup" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, gold medals in the "Creating Youth" Capital College Student Entrepreneurship Competition, and first prizes in the "Sail to Hangzhou" Global Cross-border E-commerce Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition. They have frequently appeared in various fields such as various sports events and translations for meetings between Chinese and foreign heads of state, and have achieved great results, which demonstrates the quality and level of the w88 casino's international talent training.

International students from the w88 casino won the national gold medal in the 8th "Challenge Cup" Entrepreneurship Plan Competition

The w88 casino fundamentally follows the national diplomatic strategy, comprehensively improves the effectiveness of education in China, builds a high-quality education ecology for overseas students in China, and achieves the goals of significantly improving the quality of international students, stabilizing the scale, making the structure more reasonable, and continuously improving the quality of education and management. In order to better serve the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, it has accumulated rich experience and contributed wisdom and strength.

(Author:Liu Jinlan,Dean of the International College of w88 casino)

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