Author: Xinhua Daily Telegraph reporters Tu Ming and Zhao Xu
In 1941, amid the war, the Russian team of the Third Branch of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University was established in Yan'an, setting a precedent for the Communist Party of China to independently establish higher foreign language education. After several mergers and renames, it developed into Beijing Foreign Studies University (hereinafter referred to as BFSU).
In 2021, at this great historical moment of the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, Beijing Foreign Studies University will celebrate its 80th anniversary. Along the way, Beijing Foreign Studies University has always taken it as its mission to inherit the red gene and serve national construction, shoulder the sacred mission of Sino-foreign exchanges, give full play to its unique advantages, tell Chinese stories, spread Chinese voices, and help build a community with a shared future for mankind.
html Over the past 180 years, this university has cultivated a large number of high-end foreign-related talents with excellent political qualities, outstanding foreign language abilities, and excellent overall qualities, and is known as the "cradle of diplomats of the Republic." The reporter went to Beijing Foreign Studies University to explore the unique mission of this university with teachers and students from its history, contribution, education and reform.
At the meeting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Beijing Foreign Studies University. Photo courtesy of Beijing Foreign Studies University
Born in the war years and inherited the red blood
Passing through Beijing West Third Ring Road North, the tall arched door made of red bricks on the west side of the highway bridge is particularly conspicuous. Many people have never thought that the design of this gate is based on the image of the entrance to a cave dwelling in Yan'an, so it also carries the red mark of the times.
Pass through the arch and enter the West Campus of Beijing Foreign Language School. Go straight forward for more than 300 meters, and you will see the new BFSU History Museum in front of you.
"We will go wherever the people need us," the school song on the wall leads the audience to start the journey of the school history museum. The 80-year history of Beijing Foreign Studies University, just like the title of this song, runs through the spiritual vein of living for the party, dedicating to the country, and serving the people.
Beiwai University originated from the war of national salvation. In 1941, in order to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the Soviet Union, the school's predecessor, the Russian team of the Third Branch of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, was established in Yan'an, sowing the seeds of the Chinese Communist Party's founding of foreign language education in the northern Shaanxi Plateau.
"In order to meet the needs of the development of the Anti-Japanese War situation, the Communist Party of China established the first foreign language school . The teachers and students persisted in running the school under arduous war conditions, adhering to the lofty revolutionary ideals, and trained a large number of students for the Chinese Communist Party. Military translator talents and foreign language talents also reserve a group of foreign affairs cadres for New China," said a staff member of Beijing Foreign Studies University History Museum.
A small bench with short legs full of cracks, a rusty old-fashioned mimeograph , an old patched sweater... Each piece of furnishings from the Yan'an period tells the story of the difficult years in the early days of this school. The staff member said that there were no tables during the initial class, so students sat on benches like this and studied directly with mimeographed handouts on their knees.
He Liliang, a 1941 alumnus of Beijing Foreign Studies University, recalled that when studying in Yan'an, after dinner every day, students would gather around a small oil lamp in the cave to study.
In September 1944, Comrade Zhou Enlai stated at a meeting with teachers and students of the Foreign Languages School that the Foreign Languages School “should not only cultivate military translators, but also cultivate diplomatic talents for New China.”
Subsequently, in order to strengthen the teaching force, the Central Foreign Affairs Group hired international friends such as Ma Haide, David Crook, Elizabeth Crook, as well as Chinese teachers such as Cao Ting to teach in the school.
Under the morning light, the 106-year-old Elizabeth held her wheelchair and, accompanied by her son Kema Kai, came to a small garden on the North External University East Campus, where stood the memorial of her husband, David Crook. statue. Isabel wiped the occasional small gray spots on the statue with her hands, remembering the years they had worked together for foreign language education in China.
In 1947, British national Crook and Canadian Elizabeth went to Shilidian, Hebei Province as international observers, observed and interviewed the entire process of the land reform review and party consolidation movement under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and truly recorded China an important stage of the new democratic revolution .In 1948, Crook and his wife went to Nanhaishan, Shijiazhuang, and began to teach at Nanhaishan Foreign Affairs School.
"At that time, China's economy was not developed. As a young man from a Western middle-class family, Teacher Isabel decided to come to China to live in poor rural areas. She also refused to receive the special supplies from the Foreign Experts Affairs Bureau , saying that she wanted to work with Chinese teachers have the same standards.” Professor Zhang Zhongzai of Beijing Foreign Studies University, who was once a student of Elizabeth, told reporters that Nanhaishan Foreign Affairs School was the prototype of the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University. “It can be said that the Crooks are the founders of the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University.”
Zhang Zhongzai recalled that when teaching during the war, Crook and his wife lived and ate together with the students and tried every means to carry out teaching flexibly. There were no ready-made teaching materials, so I collected articles from English newspapers and periodicals through various channels. Elizabeth often worked late into the night on the typewriter. After finalizing the draft, she would engrave it in wax and "publish" a series of concise and practical teaching materials. "In addition, they also participated in the compilation of the first set of college English tutorials after the founding of New China and the compilation of " Chinese-English Dictionary "."
After the founding of New China, in order to meet the needs of national construction and diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University Initially teaching Russian and English, it has grown to teach more than a dozen or dozens of foreign languages. Currently, it has been approved to teach 101 foreign languages, covering the official and major languages of all countries that have diplomatic relations with China. It has become the country's mainstay for cultivating foreign language talents and foreign affairs translators. main base.
“As the first foreign language institution of higher learning founded by the Communist Party of China, Beijing Foreign Studies University has always adhered to the red gene, listened to the Party, followed the Party, educated people for the Party and the country, took serving the national strategy as its own responsibility, and cultivated a large number of political students. High-end foreign-related talents with excellent qualities, outstanding foreign language skills and excellent overall quality," said Wang Dinghua, Secretary of the Party Committee of BFSU.
According to incomplete statistics, among the alumni who graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University, more than 400 have served as ambassadors abroad and more than 2,000 have served as counselors. Therefore, the school is known as the "Cradle of the Republic's Diplomats."
Beijing Foreign Studies University Library. Photo courtesy of Beijing Foreign Studies University
Link to the World Bridge Telling Chinese Stories
On the campus of Beijing Foreign Studies University, the sounds of teachers teaching in various languages and students reading and discussing in multiple languages "floated" out from the open windows of each teaching building. , which contrasts with the characters of more than 50 languages on the outer wall of Beijing Foreign Studies University Library, playing a melody of "world integration".
speaks Chinese and foreign languages, helps the world, takes root in China, and creates the future.
html Over the past 180 years, Beijing Foreign Studies University has shouldered the sacred mission of Sino-foreign exchanges, giving full play to its unique advantages to tell China’s stories, spread China’s voice, serve the construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative, and help build a community with a shared future for mankind.
This university builds a bridge for the development of China's public diplomacy career.
Beijing Foreign Studies University alumnus and translator Zhang Youyun once served as a translator for national leaders and experienced 22 rounds of Sino-British negotiations on Hong Kong's return to . Recalling the translation task at that time, she said: "Being able to convey the position of the Chinese government and the Chinese people expressed by Chinese leaders through my translation work at such a historic moment feels like a supreme honor and a great responsibility. A kind of happiness. "
came out from Beijing Foreign Studies University to serve the country. "This translation experience gave me a patriotism (baptism) that puts national interests above all else," Zhang Youyun said.
During the Spring Festival of 2020, the sudden new crown epidemic broke the peace of the festival. An arduous and special translation task was placed in front of Qu Qiang, associate professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University School of Translation and Translation, and his team.
The World Health Organization Representative Office in China and National Health Commission urgently need to translate some case and epidemic data and send them to the international expert group and WHO delegation. “We have the confidence and confidence to undertake this work.” Qu Qiang said that despite limited time and lack of information, the task team has been working overtime since the first day of the new year, and has been recognized by the world for its efficient and accurate translation quality. Highly praised by the WHO Representative Office in China.
This university is a bridge connecting international friends.
"Portugal President Cavaco Silva" " Uruguay President Jose Mujica"... In a forest on the east side of the main building of Beijing Foreign Studies University, the names of many foreign heads of state who visited Beijing Foreign Studies University at that time are engraved. on the nameplate. The tall green trees are exactly the trees of friendship planted by the then heads of state and people from Beijing.
This university builds a bridge between Chinese and foreign cultural interactions.
Zhou Xinyu, a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University's Institute for Advanced Studies in Regional and Global Governance, said that major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has formed an all-round, multi-level, and three-dimensional diplomatic layout. "Through multi-level and multi-field international exchanges such as political parties, parliaments, local governments, enterprises, and social organizations, China's diplomacy can form a three-dimensional structure and a comprehensive and balanced force, making it stable and far-reaching. In this layout, people-to-people diplomacy is undoubtedly Playing an important role.”
Beijing Foreign Studies University also plays an important role in promoting non-governmental international exchanges.
"Our work became more important during that time. During the busiest time, one team answered 22 calls a day." Liu Xuehui, a doctoral student in English linguistics at Beijing Foreign Studies University, is a volunteer at the Beijing Multilingual Service Center. During the epidemic, She and other members of the center are responsible for the 120 emergency hotline and the foreign helpline transferred from Beijing’s 12345 customer service. Through three-way calls, they help foreigners in Beijing communicate with medical staff and other professional staff, and at the same time help them answer their questions and relieve problems. The nervousness at the beginning of the epidemic.
The person in charge of the Beijing Multilingual Service Center introduced that the center was jointly established by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office and Beijing Foreign Studies University. It has eight languages: English, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. Provide foreign language services for public emergency hotlines in capital cities such as 110, 120, 999, and 12345.
Currently, the Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, and the Olympics have once again entered "Beijing time".
During the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, BFSU established a long-term cooperation mechanism with the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, and cultivated a group of compound foreign language talents with strong business skills and language proficiency for the Winter Olympics. The Beijing Multilingual Service Center, which played an important role in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, will once again serve as an important platform for serving the Beijing Winter Olympics, providing language services for various tasks of the Winter Olympics.
“The Winter Olympics will be a ‘carnival for BFSU people’.” Li Zhiyang, a graduate student at the School of English at BFSU, said with a smile. She told reporters that the Winter Olympics needs a large number of volunteers who are good at foreign languages, and students from Beijing Foreign Studies University are also extremely enthusiastic about signing up. "Almost all the students around me have signed up and are now waiting for the final recruitment results."
APEC Conference, China-Africa Cooperation Forum , the “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum, China International Trade in Services Fair... volunteers from Beijing Foreign Studies University are present in every large-scale international event. “Based in Beijing, rooted in China, and serving the world” is a true portrayal of Beijing Foreign Studies University students.
On July 2, 2021, graduates of Beijing Foreign Studies University took photos. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yang
Cultivating foreign language talents and writing a new chapter
In a room in the family building of the West Campus of BFSU, the decoration style is simple and warm, and the living room is small. In addition to the dining table , the most eye-catching thing is a set of wooden sofas and There is a crystal glass table lamp, and as far as the eye can see, there are stacks of books and newspapers placed aside.
Mei Renyi, 86 years old this year, is a retired professor at Beijing Foreign Language School. He pioneered teaching and academic research for domestic universities in the history of American diplomacy and the history of Sino-US relations. Today, he still insists on reading and reading newspapers every day, keeping up with current international affairs, and writing his own comments on paper.
After Mei Renyi completed his undergraduate studies in the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, he studied under the translator and poet Mr. Wang Zuoliang. He continued to study for a master's degree at Beijing Foreign Studies University and stayed at the school to teach in 1960. In the early 1980s, there was a wave of government-sponsored study abroad. After many rounds of selection, Mei Renyi went to study at Yale University in the United States.
"I went there with a mission. After I returned to China after completing my studies, I was going to teach students about the history of U.S. diplomacy and Sino-U.S. relations." Mei Renyi said that at that time, there was hardly much information about Sino-U.S. relations in China. , American diplomacy and other fields, "I went to a bookstore in New York, took their ladder, and went down from the top of the bookshelf layer by layer. I bought the ones that I thought were useful. In the end, about 60 boxes of books were shipped by sea. Returning to China."
In addition to searching for books, Mei Renyi made full use of Yale University's library resources, read a lot of literature, took notes, and borrowed and copied important reference books. “That’s how BFSU’s books on Sino-US relations started.” Mei Renyi recalled.
A university is so big that it cares about educating people. Cultivating foreign language talents and creating the "cradle of diplomats of the Republic" is exactly the educational practice of Mei Renyi and other masters.
Article 7 of the "Beijing Foreign Studies University Charter" describes the goal of talent training as follows: "To cultivate compound, polyglot, multilingual, and multilingual students with Chinese feelings, international vision, social responsibility, critical thinking ability and cross-cultural ability for the country and society. High-level international talents. "
"Putting 'Chinese feelings' before 'international vision' is because Beijing Foreign Studies University knows that only by understanding China can we understand the world, and Chinese feelings determine students' international vision." Dan said.
"I have always dreamed of entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When I came to Beijing Foreign Studies University, the teachings of my teachers and the encouragement of alumni made me continue to grow towards my goal." Wang Shihua, a senior student majoring in Russian at Beijing Foreign Studies University, has been admitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , will officially join the job after graduation.
"I may be sent to work in difficult countries in the future, but I feel like the school song says, 'We will go wherever the people need us to go.' I also understand what 'success does not have to be mine, but success is the result. There must be me, and I hope I can participate and make some contributions at important historical moments in the country." Wang Shihua said.
"Currently, the construction of foreign language colleges and universities is undergoing an important strategic transformation period." Yang Dan said that the new development situation of today's world and China has put forward new requirements for the construction of foreign language colleges and universities and the cultivation of foreign language talents. "From the supply side , artificial intelligence is affecting the traditional language service field, and more universities are providing education in more languages; from the demand side, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has increasingly moved closer to the center of the world stage. To play a more active role in international affairs, we need a large number of professionals who are familiar with the party and national policies, understand our country's national conditions, have a global perspective, are proficient in foreign languages, are familiar with international rules, and are proficient in international negotiations," he said.
Educational reform and policy innovation have injected inexhaustible impetus into Beijing Foreign Studies University’s focus on major national strategies to cultivate new talents of the era.
In September 2020, Beijing Foreign Studies University and China University of Political Science and Law signed a cooperation agreement on the undergraduate and master's degree training of foreign-related legal talents. The two schools will give full play to their respective disciplines, majors and resource advantages to cultivate high-end foreign-related legal talents who are "proficient in both foreign language and law".
Based on long-term experience in conducting academic research and practice on the international communication of Chinese culture, in April 2021, the Beijing Foreign Studies University Institute for International Communication of Chinese Culture came into being. "The establishment of the institute answers the new question of how Beijing Foreign Studies University can rely on global language advantages, grasp the laws of Chinese and foreign cultural communication, and explore the trajectory and path of international communication of Chinese culture around the world in the new era." Zhang Xiping, chief expert of the institute explain.
In May 2021, the BFSU National Translation Competence Research Center, the first domestic research institution focusing on national/country translation capabilities, was officially established. Provide intellectual support for major development strategies.
Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Human Language, Global Language and Culture VR Laboratory, Intelligent Teaching Guarantee Center... Beijing Foreign Studies University also makes full use of new generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and 5G to empower the construction of the teaching team.
...
In the long history of running a school, Beijing Foreign Studies University has closely combined with the needs of national strategic development and formed the school running philosophy of "foreign, special, proficient, and general" and the school motto of "inclusiveness, erudition, and sincere practice", and has become a leader in cultivating diplomacy and translation. It is an important base for high-quality foreign-related talents such as education, economics and trade, journalism, law, and finance.
Wang Dinghua said that implementing the party’s education policy and cultivating comprehensive international innovative talents are the focus of China’s participation in global education competition. Beijing Foreign Studies University will keep in mind the important mission of education to serve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, implement the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, adhere to the principle of "based on national conditions and global perspective", "English as the path, follow up with multiple languages", "strengthen general knowledge and comprehensive development", and continue to move towards The goal of building an international, distinctive, high-level and comprehensive world-class foreign studies university is high-spirited.
Yang Dan said that Beijing Foreign Studies University is implementing the "14th Five-Year Plan" and promoting the global strategy, taking global language, global culture, and global governance as important starting points to deepen the reform of the training model for polyglot, compound, high-end talents that is urgently needed by international organizations. Strive to build Beijing Foreign Studies University into a world-class language service provider, a world-class Chinese storyteller, and a world-class global governance enabler. (Intern Fang Anran participated in the interview and writing)
"At that time, China's economy was not developed. As a young man from a Western middle-class family, Teacher Isabel decided to come to China to live in poor rural areas. She also refused to receive the special supplies from the Foreign Experts Affairs Bureau , saying that she wanted to work with Chinese teachers have the same standards.” Professor Zhang Zhongzai of Beijing Foreign Studies University, who was once a student of Elizabeth, told reporters that Nanhaishan Foreign Affairs School was the prototype of the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University. “It can be said that the Crooks are the founders of the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University.”
Zhang Zhongzai recalled that when teaching during the war, Crook and his wife lived and ate together with the students and tried every means to carry out teaching flexibly. There were no ready-made teaching materials, so I collected articles from English newspapers and periodicals through various channels. Elizabeth often worked late into the night on the typewriter. After finalizing the draft, she would engrave it in wax and "publish" a series of concise and practical teaching materials. "In addition, they also participated in the compilation of the first set of college English tutorials after the founding of New China and the compilation of " Chinese-English Dictionary "."
After the founding of New China, in order to meet the needs of national construction and diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University Initially teaching Russian and English, it has grown to teach more than a dozen or dozens of foreign languages. Currently, it has been approved to teach 101 foreign languages, covering the official and major languages of all countries that have diplomatic relations with China. It has become the country's mainstay for cultivating foreign language talents and foreign affairs translators. main base.
“As the first foreign language institution of higher learning founded by the Communist Party of China, Beijing Foreign Studies University has always adhered to the red gene, listened to the Party, followed the Party, educated people for the Party and the country, took serving the national strategy as its own responsibility, and cultivated a large number of political students. High-end foreign-related talents with excellent qualities, outstanding foreign language skills and excellent overall quality," said Wang Dinghua, Secretary of the Party Committee of BFSU.
According to incomplete statistics, among the alumni who graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University, more than 400 have served as ambassadors abroad and more than 2,000 have served as counselors. Therefore, the school is known as the "Cradle of the Republic's Diplomats."
Beijing Foreign Studies University Library. Photo courtesy of Beijing Foreign Studies University
Link to the World Bridge Telling Chinese Stories
On the campus of Beijing Foreign Studies University, the sounds of teachers teaching in various languages and students reading and discussing in multiple languages "floated" out from the open windows of each teaching building. , which contrasts with the characters of more than 50 languages on the outer wall of Beijing Foreign Studies University Library, playing a melody of "world integration".
speaks Chinese and foreign languages, helps the world, takes root in China, and creates the future.
html Over the past 180 years, Beijing Foreign Studies University has shouldered the sacred mission of Sino-foreign exchanges, giving full play to its unique advantages to tell China’s stories, spread China’s voice, serve the construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative, and help build a community with a shared future for mankind.
This university builds a bridge for the development of China's public diplomacy career.
Beijing Foreign Studies University alumnus and translator Zhang Youyun once served as a translator for national leaders and experienced 22 rounds of Sino-British negotiations on Hong Kong's return to . Recalling the translation task at that time, she said: "Being able to convey the position of the Chinese government and the Chinese people expressed by Chinese leaders through my translation work at such a historic moment feels like a supreme honor and a great responsibility. A kind of happiness. "
came out from Beijing Foreign Studies University to serve the country. "This translation experience gave me a patriotism (baptism) that puts national interests above all else," Zhang Youyun said.
During the Spring Festival of 2020, the sudden new crown epidemic broke the peace of the festival. An arduous and special translation task was placed in front of Qu Qiang, associate professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University School of Translation and Translation, and his team.
The World Health Organization Representative Office in China and National Health Commission urgently need to translate some case and epidemic data and send them to the international expert group and WHO delegation. “We have the confidence and confidence to undertake this work.” Qu Qiang said that despite limited time and lack of information, the task team has been working overtime since the first day of the new year, and has been recognized by the world for its efficient and accurate translation quality. Highly praised by the WHO Representative Office in China.
This university is a bridge connecting international friends.
"Portugal President Cavaco Silva" " Uruguay President Jose Mujica"... In a forest on the east side of the main building of Beijing Foreign Studies University, the names of many foreign heads of state who visited Beijing Foreign Studies University at that time are engraved. on the nameplate. The tall green trees are exactly the trees of friendship planted by the then heads of state and people from Beijing.
This university builds a bridge between Chinese and foreign cultural interactions.
Zhou Xinyu, a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University's Institute for Advanced Studies in Regional and Global Governance, said that major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has formed an all-round, multi-level, and three-dimensional diplomatic layout. "Through multi-level and multi-field international exchanges such as political parties, parliaments, local governments, enterprises, and social organizations, China's diplomacy can form a three-dimensional structure and a comprehensive and balanced force, making it stable and far-reaching. In this layout, people-to-people diplomacy is undoubtedly Playing an important role.”
Beijing Foreign Studies University also plays an important role in promoting non-governmental international exchanges.
"Our work became more important during that time. During the busiest time, one team answered 22 calls a day." Liu Xuehui, a doctoral student in English linguistics at Beijing Foreign Studies University, is a volunteer at the Beijing Multilingual Service Center. During the epidemic, She and other members of the center are responsible for the 120 emergency hotline and the foreign helpline transferred from Beijing’s 12345 customer service. Through three-way calls, they help foreigners in Beijing communicate with medical staff and other professional staff, and at the same time help them answer their questions and relieve problems. The nervousness at the beginning of the epidemic.
The person in charge of the Beijing Multilingual Service Center introduced that the center was jointly established by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office and Beijing Foreign Studies University. It has eight languages: English, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. Provide foreign language services for public emergency hotlines in capital cities such as 110, 120, 999, and 12345.
Currently, the Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, and the Olympics have once again entered "Beijing time".
During the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, BFSU established a long-term cooperation mechanism with the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, and cultivated a group of compound foreign language talents with strong business skills and language proficiency for the Winter Olympics. The Beijing Multilingual Service Center, which played an important role in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, will once again serve as an important platform for serving the Beijing Winter Olympics, providing language services for various tasks of the Winter Olympics.
“The Winter Olympics will be a ‘carnival for BFSU people’.” Li Zhiyang, a graduate student at the School of English at BFSU, said with a smile. She told reporters that the Winter Olympics needs a large number of volunteers who are good at foreign languages, and students from Beijing Foreign Studies University are also extremely enthusiastic about signing up. "Almost all the students around me have signed up and are now waiting for the final recruitment results."
APEC Conference, China-Africa Cooperation Forum , the “Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum, China International Trade in Services Fair... volunteers from Beijing Foreign Studies University are present in every large-scale international event. “Based in Beijing, rooted in China, and serving the world” is a true portrayal of Beijing Foreign Studies University students.
On July 2, 2021, graduates of Beijing Foreign Studies University took photos. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yang
Cultivating foreign language talents and writing a new chapter
In a room in the family building of the West Campus of BFSU, the decoration style is simple and warm, and the living room is small. In addition to the dining table , the most eye-catching thing is a set of wooden sofas and There is a crystal glass table lamp, and as far as the eye can see, there are stacks of books and newspapers placed aside.
Mei Renyi, 86 years old this year, is a retired professor at Beijing Foreign Language School. He pioneered teaching and academic research for domestic universities in the history of American diplomacy and the history of Sino-US relations. Today, he still insists on reading and reading newspapers every day, keeping up with current international affairs, and writing his own comments on paper.
After Mei Renyi completed his undergraduate studies in the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, he studied under the translator and poet Mr. Wang Zuoliang. He continued to study for a master's degree at Beijing Foreign Studies University and stayed at the school to teach in 1960. In the early 1980s, there was a wave of government-sponsored study abroad. After many rounds of selection, Mei Renyi went to study at Yale University in the United States.
"I went there with a mission. After I returned to China after completing my studies, I was going to teach students about the history of U.S. diplomacy and Sino-U.S. relations." Mei Renyi said that at that time, there was hardly much information about Sino-U.S. relations in China. , American diplomacy and other fields, "I went to a bookstore in New York, took their ladder, and went down from the top of the bookshelf layer by layer. I bought the ones that I thought were useful. In the end, about 60 boxes of books were shipped by sea. Returning to China."
In addition to searching for books, Mei Renyi made full use of Yale University's library resources, read a lot of literature, took notes, and borrowed and copied important reference books. “That’s how BFSU’s books on Sino-US relations started.” Mei Renyi recalled.
A university is so big that it cares about educating people. Cultivating foreign language talents and creating the "cradle of diplomats of the Republic" is exactly the educational practice of Mei Renyi and other masters.
Article 7 of the "Beijing Foreign Studies University Charter" describes the goal of talent training as follows: "To cultivate compound, polyglot, multilingual, and multilingual students with Chinese feelings, international vision, social responsibility, critical thinking ability and cross-cultural ability for the country and society. High-level international talents. "
"Putting 'Chinese feelings' before 'international vision' is because Beijing Foreign Studies University knows that only by understanding China can we understand the world, and Chinese feelings determine students' international vision." Dan said.
"I have always dreamed of entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When I came to Beijing Foreign Studies University, the teachings of my teachers and the encouragement of alumni made me continue to grow towards my goal." Wang Shihua, a senior student majoring in Russian at Beijing Foreign Studies University, has been admitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , will officially join the job after graduation.
"I may be sent to work in difficult countries in the future, but I feel like the school song says, 'We will go wherever the people need us to go.' I also understand what 'success does not have to be mine, but success is the result. There must be me, and I hope I can participate and make some contributions at important historical moments in the country." Wang Shihua said.
"Currently, the construction of foreign language colleges and universities is undergoing an important strategic transformation period." Yang Dan said that the new development situation of today's world and China has put forward new requirements for the construction of foreign language colleges and universities and the cultivation of foreign language talents. "From the supply side , artificial intelligence is affecting the traditional language service field, and more universities are providing education in more languages; from the demand side, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has increasingly moved closer to the center of the world stage. To play a more active role in international affairs, we need a large number of professionals who are familiar with the party and national policies, understand our country's national conditions, have a global perspective, are proficient in foreign languages, are familiar with international rules, and are proficient in international negotiations," he said.
Educational reform and policy innovation have injected inexhaustible impetus into Beijing Foreign Studies University’s focus on major national strategies to cultivate new talents of the era.
In September 2020, Beijing Foreign Studies University and China University of Political Science and Law signed a cooperation agreement on the undergraduate and master's degree training of foreign-related legal talents. The two schools will give full play to their respective disciplines, majors and resource advantages to cultivate high-end foreign-related legal talents who are "proficient in both foreign language and law".
Based on long-term experience in conducting academic research and practice on the international communication of Chinese culture, in April 2021, the Beijing Foreign Studies University Institute for International Communication of Chinese Culture came into being. "The establishment of the institute answers the new question of how Beijing Foreign Studies University can rely on global language advantages, grasp the laws of Chinese and foreign cultural communication, and explore the trajectory and path of international communication of Chinese culture around the world in the new era." Zhang Xiping, chief expert of the institute explain.
In May 2021, the BFSU National Translation Competence Research Center, the first domestic research institution focusing on national/country translation capabilities, was officially established. Provide intellectual support for major development strategies.
Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Human Language, Global Language and Culture VR Laboratory, Intelligent Teaching Guarantee Center... Beijing Foreign Studies University also makes full use of new generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and 5G to empower the construction of the teaching team.
...
In the long history of running a school, Beijing Foreign Studies University has closely combined with the needs of national strategic development and formed the school running philosophy of "foreign, special, proficient, and general" and the school motto of "inclusiveness, erudition, and sincere practice", and has become a leader in cultivating diplomacy and translation. It is an important base for high-quality foreign-related talents such as education, economics and trade, journalism, law, and finance.
Wang Dinghua said that implementing the party’s education policy and cultivating comprehensive international innovative talents are the focus of China’s participation in global education competition. Beijing Foreign Studies University will keep in mind the important mission of education to serve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, implement the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, adhere to the principle of "based on national conditions and global perspective", "English as the path, follow up with multiple languages", "strengthen general knowledge and comprehensive development", and continue to move towards The goal of building an international, distinctive, high-level and comprehensive world-class foreign studies university is high-spirited.
Yang Dan said that Beijing Foreign Studies University is implementing the "14th Five-Year Plan" and promoting the global strategy, taking global language, global culture, and global governance as important starting points to deepen the reform of the training model for polyglot, compound, high-end talents that is urgently needed by international organizations. Strive to build Beijing Foreign Studies University into a world-class language service provider, a world-class Chinese storyteller, and a world-class global governance enabler. (Intern Fang Anran participated in the interview and writing)
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