From April 23 to 24, the first session of the "BRICS Express · Hangzhou Toward BRICS" Economic and Trade Cooperation Acceleration Camp was successfully held in our university. Sponsored by Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce and co-organized by our university and the BRICS International Cooperation Special Committee of the China Association of International Trade, the event actively responds to the national Belt and Road Initiative and implements Hangzhou’s strategy of “building a model for economic and trade cooperation with BRICS countries”. Through government-university-industry-enterprise collaboration, it aims to deliver intellectual support and talent guarantees for Hangzhou enterprises exploring BRICS markets. Chen Weijing, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Deputy Director of Hangzhou Pilot Free Trade Zone Committee, Zhang Jian, Member of the University Party Committee and Vice President, and other officials attended the activity.

Zhang Jian delivered a welcome speech at the opening ceremony. As a national “Double High-Level Plan” construction institution, our university gives full play to its international schooling advantages, deeply integrates education with industrial chains, and pioneers a new model of coordinated overseas development featuring “education + industry”. The university has set up overseas educational institutions in Russia, Serbia, Italy and other regions, and recruits outstanding international students from six BRICS-related countries including Russia, South Africa and Thailand. Moving forward, the university will capitalize on its educational strengths via three key measures: jointly building order-based talent training bases, customizing “language + vocational skill” curriculum packages, and establishing an overseas collaborative service platform. It will provide full-spectrum support for Hangzhou enterprises covering talent supply, vocational training and local on-site services, empowering enterprises to shift from sporadic overseas expansion to systematic global layout.

The Acceleration Camp invited senior experts as instructors from BRICS diplomatic institutions in China, Hangzhou-based universities, government authorities and professional service bodies, including the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Shanghai, China Association of International Trade, Zhejiang International Studies University, Thai-Chinese Rayong Industrial Zone, Quandong Chuhai, Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Hangzhou Foreign Affairs Office and Hangzhou Public Security Bureau. It attracted more than 40 participants from commerce authorities of all districts and counties, as well as enterprises and industrial parks engaged in sci-tech, manufacturing, information technology, supply chain, cultural entertainment and other sectors.

The successful holding of this event marks a concrete practice of the university in deepening industry-education integration and serving local economic development. The university will continue to leverage its role as a core talent base, steadily cultivate high-caliber international technical and skilled professionals, and contribute the Zhejiang Tourism Strength to help Hangzhou build a benchmark for economic and trade cooperation with BRICS countries.