Recently, BJUT established the Overseas Liaison Office in South Korea as its first overseas liaison office in Asia. On the afternoon of July 15, Liu Gonghui, Deputy Party Secretary and President of BJUT met with Guo Shuang, Overseas Liaison Commissioner at South Korea, and granted her Letter of Appointment of Overseas Liasion Commissioner of BJUT. Vice President Wu Bin hosted the appointment ceremony. Heads of the International Office and the College of International Education also attended the event.

President Liu Gonghui introduced the global development strategy of BJUT and the background for establishing overseas liaison offices for international exchange. He pointed out that liaison offices were important for BJUT to improve its international education level, international exchange network, and international visibility and influence as BJUT strives for a truly globalized university. He approved Ms. Guo’s contribution to the publicity and student recruitment of BJUT in Korea and the progress she made. He hoped that in the future Ms. Guo would strengthen communication with BJUT, consolidate her progress on international student admission, and promote exchange and cooperation between BJUT and prestigious Korean universities in faculty exchange, high-level talent training and research.

Ms. Guo appreciated the trust of BJUT and gave a brief account of her work as Admission Officer of the College of International Education since 2016. Ms. Guo noted that years of cooperation developed profound friendships and it had been a pleasure working with BJUT. It was her honor to be the Overseas Liaison Commissioner at South Korea. In the future, she would put greater efforts into international exchanges with Korea in light of BJUT’s global development strategy to enhance the visibility and influence of the university in Korea.

Photo of President Liu Gonghui granting

Letter of Appointment of Overseas Liasion Commissioner of BJUT to Ms. Guo Shuang

Establishing overseas liaison offices is an important step for BJUT to open education to the outside world, run an international university, implement its global development strategy and develop an international talent team. Following the guideline of “broadening network, strengthening publicity, promoting cooperation, attracting talents, improving services and connecting with alumni”, according to the study abroad trends of BJUT students, the concentration of foreign partners, and the need to optimize the structure of international students, BJUT is opening overseas liaison offices and hiring liaison commissioners in different countries and regions step by step to consolidate and improve its international exchange network. By now, BJUT has 11 partners in Korea. In the last three years, Korea has consistently been the largest source for international students.

Ms. Guo has been working with the College of International Education since 2016, responsible for the recruitment of international students in Korea. With her assistance, BJUT has seen improvement in the number and quality of Korean students for three years. Meanwhile, she promoted cooperation and exchanges between BJUT and Korean universities. She helped BJUT develop partnerships and sign agreements with a number of top Korean universities, such as Seoul National University, Sejong University, and Seoul National University of Technology.

Photo by Lv Yang  Edited by Feng Hao