Delegation of the European University Institute Visits GDUFS

On June 11, a delegation from the European University Institute (EUI), led by Georgios Papakonstantinou, Dean of the Florence School of Transnational Governance of the EUI, visited Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS). Shi Youqi, Secretary of the Party Committee of GDUFS, warmly received the guests in the VIP Hall of the Administration Building on the Baiyun Mountain Campus. The two sides exchanged views on the International Governance Innovation Talent Training Program.

Shi Youqi extended a warm welcome to the delegation and introduced the history of GDUFS, its international characteristics, the international PRIME initiative, and especially mentioned the remarkable achievements of the School of International Governance Innovation in cultivating composite and high-end international talents for global economic governance. GDUFS has always adhered to the idea of open education, led by distinctive international characteristics. Notably, in 2016, GDUFS took the lead in establishing the School of International Governance Innovation, which integrates the strengths of multiple disciplines, such as language, economics and management, and law, thus providing strong support for cultivating composite talents capable of performing the tasks of global economic governance. Shi Youqi spoke highly of the deep academic heritage and outstanding achievements in discipline construction of the EUI, and appreciated the EUI as an important partner of GDUFS. GDUFS hopes to further expand and deepen the collaboration with the EUI, and jointly promote the two universities to make new breakthroughs and progress in the internationalization of education.

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Georgios Papakonstantinou expressed his sincere gratitude for the warm reception from GDUFS and introduced the history, construction of disciplines, and cultivation of talents of the EUI in detail. He said that EUI is a research university known for its social sciences and is committed to cultivating high-end professionals with transnational and global governance competence. Georgios emphasized that the high degree of agreement between the two universities in terms of values and talent training ideas has laid a solid foundation for the cooperation between the two parties. It is hoped that in the future, both parties can further strengthen practical cooperation in cultivating innovative talents in international governance and Sino-foreign cooperation education, to jointly cultivate more policy elites with global vision and governance capabilities, and to contribute wisdom and strength to solving global issues.

Directors from GDUFS’s Huangpu Institute, Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, School of International Governance Innovation, and Guangdong Research Institute for International Studies were present at the meeting.

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