Chongqing - On April 8, the Foreign Language Teachers Development Alliance for Higher Education in Southwest China was officially set up, and the Initiative of the Foreign Language Teachers Development Alliance for Higher Education in Southwest China was launched. Relying on Sichuan International Studies University, constituted by universities and colleges in Southwest China, the alliance aims to boost the innovative development of foreign language teachers in higher education in a synergetic way.

Foreign Language Teachers Development Alliance for Higher Education in Southwest China was set up in Chongqing. (Photo provided by the organization)

According to the introduction of the president of Sichuan International Studies University, Dong Hongchuan, there will be three major tasks for the alliance: establishing a platform for communication among universities and colleges and forming collaborative mechanisms for teaching and cultivating talents.

It’s said that universities and colleges in the alliance will tap into their complementary advantages to achieve balanced development. Specifically, it will be dedicated to foreign language disciplinary development, reform of foreign language education, integrating foreign language resources, and improving its quality with characteristics. It will make efforts to become an innovative example that will impact the development of teachers nationwide through achieving exemplary study results of foreign teacher development and reform experience. Thus, it will provide the talent and wisdom support to the country’s opening up, the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the New International Land-Sea Trade corridor.

The charter of the Foreign Language Teachers Development Alliance for Higher Education in Southwest China was passed. At the same time, Sichuan International Studies University was elected as the president unit of the alliance; seven universities, including Sichuan University, Chongqing University, and Tibet University, were elected as vice president unit of the alliance; 21 universities and colleges were members.