On December 10th,2023 Annual Conference of the International Forum on Higher EducationHeld at Xiamen University. The theme of this year's forum is:"The Digital Age and the Sustainable Development of Higher Education".A total of more than 800 guests from nearly 30 countries and regions around the world attended the meeting.
Wu Yan, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, Zhang Yan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, Zhang Rong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Secretary of the Party Committee of Xiamen University, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Du Yubo, President of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, Vice President of the Society: Zhao Changlu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhang Jun, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Institute of Technology, Li Yuanyuan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Former Secretary of the Party Committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yan Chunhua, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of Lanzhou University;Zhang Donggang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Chinese Renmin University, Qiu Xin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University, Ren Shaobo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University, Zhang Zongyi, President of Xiamen University, and Zhou Congzhao, Vice President of University of Science and Technology of China, attended the forum and delivered reports. Vice Presidents of the Society: Guan Peijun, former deputy minister-level full-time member of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Zhang Daliang, former director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, Jiang Enlai, secretary general, and Wu Daguang, deputy director of the Council of Xiamen UniversitySun Weijie, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Society, former Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Jilin Provincial Department of Education and Secretary of the Working Committee of Colleges and Universities, Zhou Dawang, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, Wu Shixing, Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education, Ye Shen, Secretary and Director of the Education Working Committee of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, and Liao Huasheng, Deputy Mayor of Xiamen City, attended the forum. Lin Huiqing, vice president of the society, former member of the party group and vice minister of the Ministry of Education, presided over the opening ceremony of the forum. Vice President of the Society: Jiang Zhiying, Secretary of the Party Committee of Jilin University, and Ge Daokai, former Secretary and Director of the Education Working Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, presided over the main forum in the morning.
Ashraf Mohammed Shehi, former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt and Rector of Badr University, Nicolas Clayton, Fellow of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom and Professor of the University of Cambridge, Pedesau Domina, Advisor to the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation of Thailand, Olusola Oyewolle, Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities, Ankerry, Executive Vice Chancellor of Wenzhou-Kean University, Robin Seymour A. Andrew Thompson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, attended the forum and delivered a report. More than 80 overseas guests from nearly 30 countries and regions, including international organizations, embassies and consulates in China, educational organizations, university presidents, experts and scholars, attended the forum.
Wu Yan delivered a speech. In his speech, Wu Yan, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, congratulated the convening of the forum. He pointed out that the construction of a digital China is very important to promote Chinese-style modernization and build new advantages for national development. The digitalization of education is an inevitable choice to actively adapt to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, an inevitable requirement to promote the fairness of higher-quality education, an inevitable trend in the stage of education popularization, and the only way to promote the innovation and development of education. He said that China is carrying out in-depth strategic actions in the digitalization of education, building the world's largest national smart education platform for higher education, building the world's largest higher education teaching system, and sharing China's experience in MOOC construction and education to the world. He emphasized that digitalization is the driving force that leads the future of education, and it is necessary to make full use of digital technology to seek new development of education, and put forward five proposals: first, to change students' learning with digital education and set off a Xi revolution in learning;The second is to change teachers' teaching with digital empowerment and promote a teaching revolutionThe third is to change the management of schools with data driven and accelerate the reform of precision education governanceFourth, we should take the digitalization of education as the guide to reshape the new ecology of education and teachingFifth, we should build a new paradigm of international cooperation through international exchanges on education digitalization.
Zhang Yan delivered a speech. Zhang Yan, on behalf of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, congratulated the holding of the forum and welcomed the leaders and guests who participated in the forum. He pointed out that the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee have always attached great importance to higher education, always kept in mind the entrustment, continued to deepen the comprehensive reform of higher education, and accelerated the all-round high-quality development of higher education. Give full play to the important role of talent training and scientific and technological innovation in colleges and universities, promote the construction of high-level teachers, cultivate high-quality innovative talents, and produce high-level scientific research results, which provides strong support for the construction of new Fujian. He emphasized that digital transformation is promoting the formation of a new normal in all walks of life, and promoting the digital transformation of higher education is the trend of the times, and it is the due ambition, responsibility and contribution of educators, and it is necessary to promote educational reform through digital transformation, deepen international cooperation in digital education, actively adapt to the needs of diversified quality of higher education, lifelong learning Xi, cultivation of personalization and modernization of governance, and cultivate and deliver more innovative compound talents needed to adapt to the digital era.
Zhang Rong delivered a speech. On behalf of Xiamen University, Zhang Rong extended a welcome to the leaders and guests attending the forum. He pointed out that Xiamen University, as a national "double first-class" university, has long played an important role in the theory and practice of higher education, and has accumulated effective experience in the practical exploration of education digitalization. The university regards digital construction as an important strategic starting point for high-quality development, vigorously promotes the digital transformation of education, continuously strengthens system design, curriculum construction and teacher training, promotes the deep integration of digital technology and education and teaching, and actively explores new models of education governance and talent training in the digital era. Looking to the future, we hope that our sister universities at home and abroad will work together to continue to provide high-quality educational public goods for Xi global learners, build a Xi-oriented society where "everyone can learn, can learn anywhere, and can learn anytime", promote the construction of more open, integrated and resilient universities, cultivate more interdisciplinary talents in the new era who are more adaptable to and lead the future, and inject new and greater momentum into the realization of the education goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the common well-being of mankind.
Xia Zehan delivered a speech.
In his speech, Xia Zehan congratulated the convening of the forum. He said that China's positive attitude towards higher education reform is worthy of recognition and praise. He suggested that we should pay attention to digitalization and the sustainable development of higher education, clarify the positioning of educational institutions, and promote the high-quality development of higher education. It is necessary to pay attention to the key role of technology in shaping the future of education, and explore new ways of innovative and sustainable technological development. He emphasized that academic exchange is a new way of inter-university cooperation and resource sharing, and it is necessary to make full use of digital platforms and digital Xi opportunities to promote academic exchanges. He hopes to continue to maintain a strategic partnership with the Chinese Association of Higher Education in the digital era and jointly develop education.
Du Yubo made a report.
In the main forum session in the morning, focusing on the topic of "Education Reform and Future Development in the Digital Era", Du Yubo gave a report on "Seizing New Opportunities in the Digital Era and Promoting the Sustainable Development of Higher Education". Nicola Clayton gave a presentation on "Digitalization and Education for Sustainable Development". Qiu Xin gave a report entitled "Paradigm Change: Artificial Intelligence Empowers the High-quality Development of Higher Education". Zhang Jun gave a report on "Green Education Drives the High-quality Development of Higher Education". Zhang Donggang gave a report on "Leading the Modernization of Higher Education in the New Era with Education Digitalization". Pedesau Domina gave a presentation entitled "The Digital Age and the Sustainable Development of Higher Education". Yan Chunhua gave a report on "Helping the High-quality Development of Higher Education in Western China with Digitalization". Robin Seymour Lowe gave a presentation on "Digital Education in the MCARE Programme of the World Health Organization Academy". Ashraf Mohammed Shehi gave a presentation entitled "The Transformative Power of Digitalization in Higher Education". Andrew Thompson gave a presentation entitled "Higher Education Transformation and Future Development". Focusing on the topic of "Reform and Innovation of Talent Training Model", Zhao Changlu gave a report on "Interdisciplinary and Synergy - Thinking on Organizational Concepts Based on the Characteristics of University Disciplines". Ren Shaobo gave a report on "Digital Reform: Empowering the Late-mover Advantage of First-class University Construction". Ankerry gave a report entitled "Talent Development in an AI-Driven World: Education Beyond Technical Skills". Zhang Zongyi gave a report entitled "Challenges to Higher Education Talent Training in the Digital Era". Focusing on the topic of "The Responsibility and Mission of Universities in International Exchange and Cooperation", Li Yuanyuan gave a report on "Promoting High-quality International Exchange and Cooperation and Working Together to Address the Common Challenges of All Mankind". Olusola Oyewolle gave a presentation entitled "Promoting Cooperation with the Association of African Universities". Zhou Congzhao gave a report on "Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching at USTC".
At the main forum in the afternoon, Zhou Yu, vice president of the Society, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and former president of Harbin Institute of Technology, Ma Luting, deputy director and secretary general of the Academic Development Advisory Committee of the Society and former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, and Bie Dunrong, member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Society and dean of the Institute of Education of Xiamen University, presided over the forum respectively. Zhang Wei, Deputy Director of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Society and former Secretary of the Party Committee of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Wen Kailing, Minister Counselor of the Australian Embassy in China, Yang Jun, Vice President of Chongqing University, Yasar Ayaz, Chairman and Academician of the National Artificial Intelligence Center of the National University of Science and Technology of Pakistan, Ma Xuyuan, Vice President of the University of Macau, and Milica Vukotic, Vice President of the University of Nizhnegorica, Montenegro delivered reports. In the afternoon roundtable dialogue, members of the Academic Advisory Committee: Shi Jinghuan, Vice Chairman of the 12th Academic Degree Evaluation Committee of Tsinghua University, Liu Haifeng, Director of the Research Center for Science and Examination of Zhejiang University, Yan Guangcai, Director of the Institute of Higher Education of East China Normal University, and Zhang Yingqiang, Professor of the School of Education of Zhejiang UniversityDavid Hu, Deputy Director of Rochester University of Technology, Martins dos Santos Villaculos Letta, President of the Open University of Mozambique, Chen Xiaochun, President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zhengzhou Sias College, Zhou Weili, Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong Baptist University, Kabiru Barra, President of Ahmedou Bello University, Clegg Anthony Albrighton, Vice-Chancellor of Nanyang Institute of Management, Singapore, Xia Wei, Rector of the Asian Region of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Professor John Brown, Professor of Leeds Beckett University. Baruch, Duke Kunshan University Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Michael Feiwen, and Alberto Noyola Robles, Director of the Office of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in China, delivered exchange speeches.
The Annual Conference of the International Forum on Higher Education is an important brand event of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, which has been successfully held for 22 sessions. The forum was co-sponsored by the Chinese Association of Higher Education and Xiamen University, supported by the Fujian Provincial Department of Education, co-organized by the UNESCO Chair on Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, the Higher Education Committee of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, the Propaganda Research Branch, the Sino-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools, the Higher Education Development Research Center of Xiamen University, and the Fujian Institute of Higher Education. This forum was approved as the 2023 National Social Science ** Social Science Academic Society Theme Academic Activity Funding Project, and received technical support from Zhengfang Software Co., Ltd. and Minsheng Education Group.
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