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[40 Years of Reform and Opening Up] The w88 casino of Foreign Languages is marching forward together with the journey of the times

Published: November 27, 2018 Editor: w88 casino of Foreign Languages

w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Foreign Languages)The w88 casino of Foreign Languages was formerly the Second Department of Foreign w88 and Foreign Languages of the w88 casino, which was established in 1951. In 1994, the first and second departments were established as the w88 casino of International Exchange; in 2001, after the merger of the w88 casino and the former China Institute of Finance, the w88 casino established the w88 casino of Foreign Languages; in 2006, the former Sino-German w88 casino was merged into the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​to form a new w88 casino of Foreign Languages. The college consists of twelve departments including Japanese, Arabic, Korean, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Portuguese, Persian, and Greek. Except for Portuguese, Persian, and Greek, all majors were founded in the early 1950s, making them the earliest majors among similar colleges in China. The college has a long history of development, strong academic foundation, and enjoys a high academic status in the industry.

The discipline platform is well constructed and the discipline development advantages are outstanding

The w88 casino of Foreign Languages currently has doctoral degree programs in the first-level disciplines of foreign languages and literature, master's degree programs in the first-level subjects of foreign languages and literature, 9 master's degree programs in the second-level disciplines of Japanese language and literature, Arabic language and literature, French language and literature, Spanish language and literature, Russian language and literature, German language and literature, Asian and African languages and literature, European languages and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, as well as a master's degree in translation studies. It has formed a complete undergraduate, master's and doctoral integrated talent training system under the discipline, and the discipline platform is well established.

In terms of discipline development, the college takes team building and scientific research as the leader, and continuously improves the advantages of discipline development: the college currently has 4 national-level specialty major construction sites, 3 Beijing-level specialty major construction sites, 1 Beijing famous teaching teacher, 1 Beijing excellent undergraduate teaching team, national-level quality resources There is 1 source-sharing course, 1 first prize for teaching achievements in Beijing, 1 national-level quality course, and 2 Beijing quality courses. The academic leaders are strong, the academic backbone is substantial, the reserve team is growing rapidly, and the academic echelon structure is reasonable; in terms of scientific research, foreign linguistics, foreign literature, and regional and country studies are the three stable mainstays of this discipline. In the dry research direction, teaching methods, intercultural communication, and law are also important areas of subject research. The research directions of each major are complete, and the subject development has distinctive characteristics and obvious advantages. In the "2016 Chinese University and Discipline Major Evaluation Consultation Report", the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ranked 8th among foreign language and literature colleges in the country, and the Italian major ranked 8th nationally. 3rd, the Arabic major ranks 5th in the country, and the Korean (Korean) and Spanish majors rank 6th in the country. The comprehensive strength of each major has always maintained a leading edge among similar universities across the country. The college also has modern language laboratories, multimedia classrooms, various foreign original books, software and teaching reference materials, providing strong support for the development of the discipline. In recent years, the college has paid more attention to the horizontal connections in the development of disciplines. Multi-disciplinary interdisciplinary, integrated and cooperative research is in full swing, and the disciplinary horizons are constantly broadening.

Except for the newly-established Persian and Greek, all ten majors in the w88 casino of Foreign Languages are director or executive director units of the National Teaching Research Association and Literature Research Association of the same language. The Japanese Department is also the president unit of the China International Business Japanese Research Association. Many professors serve as president, vice president, executive director, director, secretary-general and other positions in various academic groups in this major; many teachers are teaching For their outstanding contributions to science and academic research, they have been commended by language target countries and received by national leaders; in November 2018, Professor Ding Long from the Department of Arabic and Professor Pan Yaling from the Department of German were appointed as members of the Ministry of Education’s new College Teaching Steering Committee. This marks that the college’s foreign language teaching level has been recognized by the national education community and is of great significance to enhancing the college’s influence in this discipline.

In the early days of its establishment, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages had only a few classrooms and a dozen staff. The predecessors of the college started from scratch, actively improved the conditions for running schools, worked hard to expand the space for running schools, attached great importance to the introduction of talents, and improved the professional level. Through continuous exploration and practice, they gradually established a complete minor language education system.

In the early days of reform and opening up, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages actively responded to the needs and calls of the motherland’s opening up wave and carried out a series of fruitful reforms and explorations in foreign language education and teaching. It realized the transformation from the traditional examination-oriented w88 casino running philosophy that focused on reading and writing ability training to the educational philosophy that focused on cultivating applied talents. It focused on foreign language teaching facing the world, the future, and modernization, and strengthened the cultivation of students’ intercultural communicative abilities. It has been highly recognized by the national foreign language teaching community and society.

Since Comrade Xiaoping’s speech during his southern tour, the college has closely followed the national development situation. While strengthening its professional characteristics, it has further expanded the direction of teaching and research. It has pioneered the "economics and w88 + foreign language" teaching model in the country, explored a set of successful teaching experience in cultivating economic and w88 foreign language talents, and is committed to cultivating talents in foreign languages, culture Senior applied talents with a solid theoretical foundation and systematic professional knowledge in science, culture and regional and country studies, who are able to engage in research work in this major, master foreign economic and w88 knowledge, foreign-related negotiation skills, and are qualified for foreign-related work, provide comprehensive talents with profound professional backgrounds for my country's foreign w88, foreign-related negotiations and other fields.

In the new century, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages has kept pace with the times, served the country’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, actively adjusted the direction of talent training, and focused on exploring the “foreign language + humanities + professional” high-quality compound applied talent training path. While improving students’ language communication skills and cultural heritage of the target country, Encourage students to study knowledge in w88, finance, management, e-commerce, law, technology and other fields across disciplines and majors, take practical actions to promote the implementation of the national “Belt and Road” initiative in the field of foreign language education, provide strong talent support for the construction of a “Belt and Road” community of a shared future for mankind, and fulfill the responsibilities and missions of foreign language colleges and universities.

The teaching staff continues to grow, and scientific research results become increasingly fruitful

In the history of the professional development of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages, there have been a large number of experts and scholars who laid the foundation for it, such as Chen Tao, Song Wenjun, Shen Daming, Zhang Xiongwu, Zhao Run, Jiang Xindao, and Xiao Tianyou. Since the reform and opening up, the college has continued to promote team building and optimize the faculty structure. On the one hand, it has vigorously introduced high-level talents at home and abroad, and on the other hand, it has devoted its efforts to cultivating existing talents, gradually forming a well-structured academic echelon. Currently, the college has a total of 79 full-time teachers, including 14 professors, 31 associate professors, a doctoral rate of 64.6%, 1 famous teacher in Beijing, and 1 model teacher in Beijing. All teachers have experience studying, further training, lecturing abroad, or working in embassies and consulates abroad for a long time. They are familiar with the national conditions and culture of the target country, and have established good cooperative relations with the embassies of relevant countries in China. The college also employs more than ten foreign experts and foreign teachers, who play an important role in the college’s teaching, scientific research and training of young teachers.

The w88 casino of Foreign Languages has always attached great importance to the cultivation of teachers’ scientific research capabilities, as well as academic exchanges and cooperation. The college holds more than a dozen scientific research training sessions for teachers every year, and encourages teachers to actively participate in important academic conferences at home and abroad, motivating teachers to continuously improve their scientific research capabilities, increase the output of high-level scientific research results, and enhance the academic influence of w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​teachers at home and abroad. At the same time, the college holds many large-scale international academic seminars, inviting domestic and foreign experts and scholars to conduct academic exchanges on cutting-edge issues and research methods in foreign languages, literature, culture, regional and country studies, etc., to promote academic sparks among teachers of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​in exchanges and discussions, and to create a rich scientific research atmosphere.

In recent years, the teachers of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages have devoted themselves to research and have frequently produced high-level scientific research results. In the past five years, a total of 245 academic papers have been published, including 75 journals of Category C or above, involving foreign literature, linguistics, translation studies, regional and national politics, economics, cultural studies and other fields; teachers have published 10 professional (editing and translating) works. 5 books, 35 textbooks, 28 national, Ministry of Education, and Beijing projects, and 3 provincial and ministerial scientific research awards; many policy recommendations written by teachers such as Ding Long and Huang Hui have been published by Xinhua News Agency and approved by national leaders. Many teachers have been commended by language target countries and received by national leaders for their outstanding contributions in teaching and academic research.

The w88 casino of Foreign Languages attaches great importance to collaborative innovation with governments, enterprises and international organizations, actively develops horizontal scientific research projects, continuously enhances its ability to undertake major national projects, and improves the w88 casino’s scientific research competitiveness and government service capabilities. In the past five years, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages has carried out 20 horizontal cooperation projects on social and economic goals such as international relations, environmental policy, language and culture, and business services. It has written 23 research reports, 4 of which have received instructions from national leaders at or above the deputy prime minister, and has played a high-end think tank role in the country's political and economic development: 2014-2018, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages We have cooperated with the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation for many times and undertook the production of country risk analysis reports. We have conducted in-depth analysis of the country risks of dozens of key countries with close economic and w88 exchanges with my country, and provided relevant policy suggestions. This not only demonstrates to the society the w88 casino of Foreign Languages’ ability to analyze and judge national risks, but also promotes a new round of high-level foreign exchange for the country. Openness has contributed wisdom and strength; in 2016, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages implemented the new concept of "Five Connects and Three Unifications" along the Belt and Road, implemented the "China Plan" for global governance, conducted in-depth research on the language environment and investment policies of countries along the "Belt and Road", and proposed a number of feasible reference opinions for the country; in 2017, in order to serve the national strategy and diplomacy The overall situation is to comprehensively promote the construction of the "Belt and Road". The w88 casino has established a regional and national research institute with 14 research centers. It aims to combine talent training, academic research and national development strategies, achieve multi-lingual cross-integration and coordinated development, better serve the national "Belt and Road" initiative and the construction of new think tanks, and promote the connotative development of the w88 casino.

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Since its establishment, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages has closely followed the national development situation and pioneered a unique foreign language teaching model in the country's regional and national research directions, including politics, economy, w88, and culture, and has explored a set of successful teaching experiences in cultivating "international, complex" foreign language talents. The college attaches great importance to practical teaching and has 1 Beijing-level off-campus talent training base, 6 professional internship bases, and 1 graduate internship base. Every year, dozens of students are selected to go to internship bases such as the Canton Fair to carry out internship and practice activities, allowing students to expand their horizons and grow their talents while practicing the knowledge they have learned. It is highly recognized by the national foreign language teaching community and society.

For half a century, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages has trained thousands of foreign language, diplomacy, and foreign w88 talents for the country. They are active in all walks of life in the construction of the motherland, especially in the field of foreign-related economics. Many graduates have grown into leaders and business backbones of units or departments, making great contributions to the development and construction of the country. Shi Guangsheng, former Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and w88, Song Hai, former Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, Cao Weizhou, Deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Zhou Mingchen, former Chairman of COFCO, Zhao Boya, Chairman of China Textile Group, Zhang Benzhi, Chairman of China Pharmaceuticals and Health Products Co., Ltd., and Chen Zhou, Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International w88, are all well-known alumni of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages.

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The w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​attaches great importance to the cultivation of international talents, actively explores exchanges and cooperation with well-known foreign universities, develops joint student training projects, steadily expands the depth and breadth of international exchanges among students, and continuously improves the international education level of the college. At present, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages has cooperated with the Russian Institute of International Relations, Moscow State University, the University of Toulouse in France, the University of Erlgen-Nuremberg in Germany, the University of Potsdam, the University of Giessen, the University of Barcelona in Spain, Vigo Business w88 casino in Spain, Ritsumeikan University in Japan, Tokyo Keizai University, Hosei University, Kyung Hee University in South Korea, Silla University, Hannan University, Gangnam University, Jeju National University, Seoul Graduate w88 casino of Science, University of Venice in Italy, Cairo University in Egypt, University of Jordan, Hanoi National University in Vietnam, Alameda Batabayi University in Iran, Greece Piraeus University and other internationally renowned universities have signed inter-w88 casino exchange and cooperation agreements, among which French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Korean), Russian, Spanish and other majors have Sino-foreign joint training double degree or bachelor's and master's degree programs; the college passes the National Study Abroad Fund Committee every year The committee and inter-w88 casino exchanges have sent more than 100 undergraduates and graduate students to study abroad in Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Brazil, Portugal, Vietnam, Germany, Egypt, Greece, Iran and other countries. More than half of each graduating class has overseas study, internship or visit experience.

The college holds a variety of campus cultural activities every year to give students wings to broaden their horizons. The International Cultural Festival, a series of lectures by foreign envoys stationed in China, the National Knowledge Competition, the National Chinese-Japanese Speech Contest, Chinese-Korean student exchange activities, the Model United Nations Conference, and the Minor Language Song Contest are brand activities of the college. These international campus cultural activities not only enrich students’ campus cultural life, but also allow students to feel a strong international atmosphere without leaving w88 casino, and are warmly welcomed by the majority of students.

The college also actively organizes students to participate in large-scale international volunteer services to build a platform for students to improve their language skills and enhance their sense of mission. At high-end meetings such as the Beijing Olympics, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, the APEC Summit, and the G20 Summit, student volunteers from the college used their superb translations and sincere smiles to serve organizations and contribute to society. They were widely praised by foreign guests and relevant event organizers, including former International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, Venezuelan Sports Minister, and other foreign guests.

The advantage of dual foreign languages, solid knowledge and skills and outstanding comprehensive quality make students of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages highly favored in the job market. In the past five years, the employment rate of graduates from the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​has always been close to 100%. The supply of graduates in some majors even exceeds demand. High employment rate, high employment level, high three-party contract signing rate, high proportion of students staying in Beijing, and high employer satisfaction rate have become the distinctive employment characteristics of graduates from the w88 casino of Foreign Languages. The employment destinations of students include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture, the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of National Security, CCTV and other national ministries and institutions, such as PetroChina, Sinopec, China Hydropower, China Construction, Chalco, China Minmetals, China Large state-owned enterprises such as Sinopharm Group and China Gezhouba Group, well-known enterprises such as Huawei and ZTE, large banks such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, and China Merchants Bank, and famous foreign companies such as Samsung, Sumitomo, Volkswagen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. The solid language skills, excellent work ability and excellent comprehensive quality of graduates of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​have been widely praised by employers. Many graduates play important roles in diplomacy, foreign affairs, foreign economics, foreign w88 and other work in the country and important enterprises and institutions. Many outstanding young alumni have emerged, such as Zhao Qianhui, the translator for General Secretary Xi Jinping, Sun Shiwei, the "Calm Brother" who bravely rescued 29 compatriots during the Sudanese hostage crisis, and Yu Peng, a CCTV field reporter.

Leverage professional advantages to serve national strategic needs

The w88 casino of Foreign Languages has always served the country’s opening-up strategy, proactively aligned with the country’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, formulated and implemented international service plans with countries along the “Belt and Road” as its main targets, and provided consultation and training for government officials and senior corporate managers of various countries; the w88 casino actively participates in regional Domain-specific research, strengthening discipline collaborative innovation, publishing and distributing multiple high-quality research reports and academic papers, providing reference for national security and regional economic and cultural development; the college encourages teachers to give full play to their professional advantages, actively participate in the construction of national, provincial and ministerial level think tanks, improve their advisory service capabilities, and provide advice and suggestions for national development.

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Professor Ding Long from the Department of Arabic at the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​has long been engaged in research on Middle East and Islamic issues. In the past four years, Professor Ding Long has published 5 articles in the theoretical and commentary pages of mainstream media such as People's Daily and Guangming Daily, and more than 50 current affairs commentary articles in central media. He has introduced major issues related to the Middle East and Islam to general readers, and has achieved good social benefits.

In response to the recent spread of Islamic extremism and frequent violent terrorist incidents in the country, Professor Ding Long has used his academic expertise to actively provide advice and suggestions to the central government. In the past four years, he has written 8 internal reference articles, 2 of which were published in Xinhua News Agency's "Reference Proof Attachment" (top secret), and twice received approval from central leadership comrades. His suggestions were adopted by the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Commerce and other ministries, providing intellectual support for combating extremism and terrorism and safeguarding national security. In addition, before party and state leaders visited the Middle East countries, Professor Ding Long was invited by relevant departments of the central government and the State Council to participate in symposiums, write articles, and put forward policy suggestions that were adopted by the central government, providing important reference for national development and strategic decision-making.

Looking back on the 40 years of reform and opening up, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages has undergone earth-shaking changes. The disciplines have developed strongly, the teaching staff has continued to grow, and the talents have gathered together to serve the society with courage and responsibility. These changes are also the epitome of the development and changes in our country over the past 40 years of reform and opening up. Today, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​is a shining pearl in the foreign language field of colleges and universities, with a gratifying momentum of development and an exciting future. We can only unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and under the leadership of the w88 casino party committee, adhere to the leadership of party building, overall coordination, careful layout, and hard work, with the determination to carry the reform to the end, build the w88 casino of Foreign Languages ​​into a better place, live up to the youth and sweat that generations of foreign students have devoted to the development of the w88 casino, and write a more glorious chapter for the w88 casino of Foreign Languages.

(Writer: Zhang Jianping)


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