From Mar. 18th to 26th, under the guidance of Chinese Academy of Engineering, the 48th Silk Road Special Training Program for Engineering, Scientific and Technological Development was successfully held in the Silk Road Training Base under the auspices of International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) UNESCO and co-organization of Xi’an Jiaotong University. 87 foreign students from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an Shiyou University, and Xidian University participated in this program. They were from over 20 Belt-road countries, such as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Congo etc.

The training program lasted for about two weeks, and covered lectures on topics such as How Foreign Copyrights Are Protected In China (by associate professor Quan YanMin) , One Belt One Road Initiatives, Chinas Institutional Rise and Domestic Governance (by lecturer Wang Peng ), Judicial Reasoning in Traditional China and Its Impact on Modern China (by associate professor Du Junqiang), Cybercrime and Countermeasures in Chinese Criminal Law (by associate professor Su Qing), A Community for the People, by the People, for the People: The Legal Perspective Understanding towards One Belt One Road Initiatives (by researcher Wang Chaoen), Beijing Opera: Artistry of Performers (by associate professor Jin Rong), and The Challenges and Strategies of Chinas Investment Protection in BeltRoad Areas (by lecturer Gu Ana). The inclass lectures were mainly given by experienced teachers in Xian Jiaotong University, with question answering and interactions to strengthen the students’ understanding. An integrated approach of theory lecturing and practicing was adopted, which made the subjects much easier to understand. Through this special training program, foreign students were able to have a general understanding about some legal knowledge and One Belt One Road Initiatives, and expressed their strong desire to further study such courses.

In order to make foreign students had better understand the frontier knowledge of law, on March 19th, 30 foreign students as representatives from IKCEST Training Base in the 48th Special Training Program visited Forever Law Firm. The staff of law firms introduced the establishment, development, and business scope of the law firm, and had further discussion with them. Foreign students asked many questions on various topics, such as protection of foreigners’ portrait rights in China, whether foreigners could buy stocks in China etc. The staff of Forever Law Firm patiently answered the questions, from which the foreign students benefited a lot. In addition, the staff of Forever Law Firm invited the foreign students to participate in the monthly tea party in their firm, hoping to strengthen communications with foreign students and promote their understanding of international law.

Till now, with the help of School of Continuing Education, the IKCEST Silk Road Training Base has successfully held 48 sessions and trained more than 3,000 foreign students from over 107 countries, and staff from Chinese companies that will invest in Silk Road countries. This training program, as an important work of Silk Road Training Base, will play an important role in training more talents for Belt-road countries and better serving the development of One Belt One Road Initiative. Meanwhile, it was also an exploration of new models for a series of work sponsored by Xi'an Jiaotong University, such as the Silk Road University Alliance etc. It also made important contributions to the economic and social development of European, Asian and African counties along One Belt One Road.