BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2022 Annual International Forum on Higher Education has taken place in Wuhan.
This forum, hosted by the China Association of Higher Education (CAHE) in collaboration with Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), under the theme "Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Sustainable Development of Higher Education", the forum involved three parallel sessions: University Presidents Forum, Scholars Forum, and Doctoral Candidates Forum, as well as other side events such as UNESCO Sub-Forum and U.S.-China University Dialogue, aiming at an international academic exchange platform for higher education.
Sun Yao, Vice Minister of Education, delivered opening remarks. He noted that the advancement of sustainable development of China's higher education should center around the important mission of cultivating talents, promote high-level opening-up in all aspects, at all levels, on a wide scope and in a proactive manner, deeply engage in global education governance, and contribute Chinese wisdom to the sustainable development of global higher education.
Du Yubo, President of CAHE and former Vice Minister of Education, believes that to advance the sustainable development of global higher education, it is necessary to press ahead with strategic endeavors of higher education digitalization, and develop a new pattern of international exchanges and cooperation.
The forum brought together more than 100 representatives of international and educational organizations, university secretaries and presidents, experts and scholars from over 20 countries and regions including China, the U.S., the UK and Australia, with 120 presentations.