On the morning of October 16, 2021, the opening ceremony of Teachers' International Teaching Ability Improvement Project of Chang'an University in 2021 was held at B340, Main Building, North Yard, South Campus of Chang'an University. This training is led by the university’s Personnel Department, jointly with the Educational Research and Evaluation Center and the Academic Affairs Office, and is undertaken by CDIC. The Training Department for Overseas Students of Xi’an International Studies University is specially invited to give professional lectures. Wang Hainian, Secretary of the Party Branch and Dean of CDIC, Hou Yidong, Deputy Director of the Personnel Department, Li Cunpu, Dean of the Training Department for Overseas Students of Xi’an International Studies University, Xiao Lizhi, Director of Enterprise Training Project, Yang Ping, Administrative Supervisor, Zhuang Jing, Teaching Supervisor, and 30 selected teachers from 14 colleges of the university participated in the opening ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by Wang Hainian.

Wang Hainian first extended a warm welcome to the selected teachers on behalf of CDIC, and expressed gratitude to the Personnel Department, the Educational Research and Evaluation Center, and the Academic Affairs Office of Chang'an University, as well as the Training Department for Overseas Students of Xi'an International Studies University for their strong support and active cooperation. Subsequently, Wang Hainian briefly introduced CDIC's operating background, major settings and student profile, which strengthened the teachers' comprehensive understanding and further attention to the Sino-foreign cooperative education and needs of international teaching capabilities. He emphasized that the university attaches great importance to the development of a talent team. This training aims to use domestic resources to continuously improve the level of international exchanges and cooperation of teachers in CHD to lay a solid foundation for the university's Sino-foreign cooperative education and international talent training and make greater contributions to the Double First Class construction of Chang'an University.

Wang Hainian giving a speech

Hou Yidong delivered a speech from two perspectives: the improvement of teachers' professional ability and the overall development of internationalization in Chang'an University. He hopes that the selected teachers will cherish this opportunity, attach great importance to the training, study hard, overcome difficulties, attend classes on time, expand their horizons and change concepts in learning, continuously improve their international teaching capabilities, and make contributions to the development of the university. He pointed out that this training has opened up a new era for the improvement of teachers' internationalization ability and broadened the way for the professional development of teachers in CHD. The Personnel Department will further expand the training channels with other departments of the university, and make greater efforts for the university to build a team of teachers with high internationalization capabilities, strong professional skills and broad international vision.

Hou Yidong giving a speech

Li Cunpu and Xiao Lizhi respectively introduced the basic situation and organizational structure of the Training Department and the course plan and arrangement of this training. They expressed gratitude for the trust and support of the college, and wished that Chang'an University would achieve fruitful results in its Double First Class construction and become a pioneer in the international development of higher education.

Group photo of the opening ceremony

After the ceremony, the Training Department for Overseas Students of Xi’an International Studies University conducted one-on-one oral English tests on 30 selected teachers.

The bottom-up test scene

(Writer: Guan Hanxiao; Photographer: Zhang Dongyu; Reviewer: Bai Qiang; Web Editor: Lu Qianni)