Tsinghua Launches Center for Global Competence Development

On April 27th, the Center for Global Competence Development, Tsinghua University, was launched.

Guo Yong, Vice Chairperson of the University Council, and Gao Hong, Vice Provost for International Education, unveiled the Center.

On behalf of the University, Guo Yong congratulated everyone involved on the establishment of the Center. He noted that its establishment forms an important part of Tsinghua’s Global Strategy. He hoped that the future development of the Center would provide all students with more opportunities to improve their global competence. The Center would endeavor to explore and enrich the meaning of global competence. It should also be committed to strengthening the cultural confidence and shaping the values of the students.

Gao Hong also extended her congratulations on the establishment of the Center.

Liao Ying, the Center’s Director, introduced its aims to the audience.

The Center for Global Competence Development would target six core competencies, namely a knowledge of world culture and global issues, foreign language skills, openness and respect for differences, aptitude in communication and collaboration, a sense of ethics and responsibility, and a heightened self-awareness and self-confidence.

Tsinghua strives to equip its students with the capability to learn, work and live with people from different cultures, and the readiness to embrace opportunities and challenges in the future. Global competence has been promoted as an integral component of Tsinghua’s education.

Writer: Zhu Lvhe