Renmin University of China (RUC) inaugurated its Silk Road School at its campus in Suzhou City in east China’s Jiangsu Province on Wednesday May 23th, 2018.

Named after the Belt and Road Initiative, it is a non-independent secondary school affiliated to RUC, jointly run by the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies (RDCY), School of International Studies, and Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China.

JIN Nuo, secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China (RUC), moderated the ceremony, and she inaugurated the Silk Road School together with LIU Wei, the president of RUC, ZHOU Naixiang, party secretary Suzhou, and Janez Premože, Slovenia’s ambassador to China.

Nearly 100 Chinese and international guests from Chinese ministries, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou City, Renmin University of China, embassies of Slovenia and other countries in China, as well as universities at home and abroad, attended the inauguration.

President LIU Wei said in his speech that the school will strive to cultivate high-caliber professionals to serve the Belt and Road Initiative.

It has grand goals. Hu Zhengyue, vice president of China Public Diplomacy Association, says it will be home to global talents, to deepen friendships and connections.

Slovenian ambassador to China, Janez Premoze, conveyed sincere congrats to the new school. He believes the school helps “not only learn about the Belt and Road Initiative but also the modern reality of China.”

Zhu Zhiming, the deputy director of Comprehensive Department by the Ministry of Commerce, hopes that the School can get the core idea of the Belt and Road Initiative and offer more positive energy.

Wu Qingwen, the standing committee member of Suzhou Municipal, promised that the government of Suzhou, where the school is located, will provide more support to the School with better conditions for its development.

At the inauguration ceremony, Wang Wen, executive dean of RDCY, released the school’s first research report to explore the disciplinary construction of “Belt and Road”. He pointed out that the establishment of the study and the school is to improve China’s right to speak. Through academic study and further analysis, the Belt and Road Initiative will be firmly and sustainably developed.

The school will offer a two-year master’s program in Contemporary Chinese Studies, and it plans to mainly enroll international students from the countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative. Graduates will be awarded the RUC Diploma in Postgraduate Studies and those with a sufficient level of academic achievement will also receive the degree of Master of Laws (LLM).

Enrollment has already started, with the first semester set to begin in September of this year. Students will be offered full scholarships, medical insurance, and a living allowance to study Chinese politics, Chinese economics, and Chinese law and culture. In the future, the Silk Road School will continue to cooperate with other schools in Renmin University of China to offer more programs, seeking to enroll 200 students in 3 years.

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