(Fig. 1) Scene of Xi’an Eurasia University’s 2023 Interim Work Conference

From July 11 to 13, the 2023 Interim Work Conference of Xi’an Eurasia University was held in Lintong, Xi’an. School leaders, middle managers, and all major directors attended the conference, which was presided over by Vice President Li Zheng.

Different from the past, in terms of the scope of participation, except for middle and senior management cadres, all major directors were specially invited to participate in the conference, with more attention paid to the capacity building of major directors; In terms of the presentation forms of reports, the form of “middle-level cadres + major directors” was adopted for topic sharing to strengthen the business linkage between functional departments and schools and further build consensus; In terms of the agenda of the conference, contents related to integrated major construction, management ability improvement and training, and team building were added, which strengthened the awareness of teaching units and relevant functional departments on the construction of major connotations and major characteristics, enhanced the management cognition of participants, and helped the effective implementation of university strategies.

Semi-annual Review: Forging Ahead with a Mission

(Fig. 2) President Liu Jin Delivering the 2023 mid-year work report “Forging Ahead with a Mission”

President Liu Jin delivered a mid-year work report, reviewing the progress made in the implementation of the university’s “14th Five-Year Plan” and showing the university’s achievements in seven aspects. In terms of applied talent cultivation, the university has been guiding students to increase their learning input by deepening the implementation of industry-school projects, steadily promoting curriculum reform, continuously implementing project-based teaching methods, strengthening the construction of the major director team, solidly carrying out evaluation and construction work, and diversifying student activities around educational objectives. The learning effectiveness of students has steadily improved in the past three years. In terms of local Internationalization, the University has implemented Sino-foreign cooperative education programs and strengthened the construction of program connotations; implemented the “Talent Introduction Plan” to promote discipline and major construction, faculty building, and talent training by relying on international programs; enriched ASAP local internationalization connotation, gradually resumed overseas short-term exchange activities, and helped students achieve good results in overseas study and employment. In terms of scientific research and social services, the University has further clarified the guiding ideology of scientific research and social services, improved the strategic layout of “one body and two wings”, set up the Eurasian Innovation Center, created an organized scientific research ecosystem at the university and college levels, provided professional and efficient social services externally, empowered local society, promoted regional economic development, and comprehensively helped cultivate talent in applied disciplines internally. In terms of talent projects, the University has successfully promoted the introduction of high-level talent, the improvement of organizational ability, the optimization of school-level training systems, the improvement of teachers’ ability, and the organization of cultural activities. In terms of brand upgrading and cultural construction, the University has held multi-level and multi-form brand and cultural activities to continuously broaden and deepen the content volume and media matrix, highlighting the characteristics and brand connotation of Xi’an Eurasia University. In terms of digital transformation, the University has been optimizing information systems and data applications, simplifying the data collection process, integrating the data of various business systems, giving full play to the role of data, and driving business development with data. The work related to management and support has been continuously promoted as planned, providing ideological, organizational, and environmental guarantees for the high-quality development of the University.

While recognizing the achievements in the first half of the year, Liu Jin focused on the annual work objectives and clarified various work strategies and action plans for the second half of the year, requiring all departments to accelerate the five key tasks of SC education model construction, local internationalization promotion, implementation of “one body and two wings”, process organization building and audit and evaluation preparation.

Keynote Sharing: Diversified Collaborative Education

(Fig. 3) Heads of Various Functional Departments and Major Directors Delivering Reports Together

In the seminar, Huang Xin, Executive Dean of the School of General Education, and Dong Yang, Director of the Student Development Office, delivered a report on “The Name and Contents of Values Education – Youth Community of Eurasia”. Zhang Na, Director of the Department of Academic Affairs, and Miao Tingting, Director of the Primary Education Major at the School of Humanities and Education, delivered a report on “Empowering Growth and Co-creating Value – Major Director Empowerment Plan”. Ding Jie, Director of the Center for International Cooperation and Exchange, and Xu Yimei, Assistant Dean of the School of Information Engineering, delivered a report on “Talent Introduction and Integration – Local Internationalization Exploration and Practice”. Wu Lijuan, Deputy Director of the Office of Academic Research, and Lv Rui, Director of the Human Resources Curriculum Center of the School of Business Administration, delivered a report on “Irrigating the Field of Talent Cultivation – Feeding Back Talent Cultivation with Scientific Research and Social Services”. The four reports focused on the key work tasks of the University, closely combining the themes of values education, major construction, local internationalization, scientific research, and social services, integrating their own characteristics and development reality, under the guidance of high-quality development. They conducted in-depth thinking from different businesses and fields, further interpreting the connotation and significance of diversified collaborative education.

Special Training: Improving Organizational Ability

(Fig. 4) Professor Zhou Dingwen Delivering A Special Training Session on Integrated Major Construction

In order to solve teachers’ new confusion caused by new requirements for major construction in the context of assessment, various major certifications, and the New College Entrance Examination, Xi’an Eurasia University specially invited Professor Zhou Dingwen, a core expert in undergraduate teaching qualification assessment, a core expert in audit and evaluation, an engineering major certification expert from the Ministry of Education, an expert with outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province, and an expert enjoying special allowance from the State Council, to deliver a report on “Promoting Integrated Major Construction through Systematic Analysis of Multiple Demands”. The report demonstrated and analyzed the context of university major construction from the aspects of university functions, school positioning, major construction, multiple demands, and integrated major construction. From the perspective of national undergraduate teaching quality assurance standards and teaching evaluation, Professor Zhou intuitively introduced and analyzed the problems of major construction around relevant professional cases and summarized reliable practices and rules for promoting integrated major construction.

(Fig. 5) Mr. Kang Zhijun Delivering A Special Training Session on Drucker Management

As the first university in China to introduce consulting companies and take the lead in implementing internal management system reform, Xi’an Eurasia University specially invited Mr. Kang Zhijun, founder of Peter Drucker Translation Fund and WeChat official account “12 Druckers”, to deliver a special training session on “The Essence of Peter Drucker’s Management Thoughts” in order to continuously build an excellent performance organization and improve management efficiency. The training began from the thought of management master Drucker and proposed, through the explanation of topics such as self-cultivation, talent cultivation, business prosperity, and benefiting the world, the main skills and five habits that should be cultivated for effective managers with high performance from the personal and organizational dimensions. Kang Zhijun pointed out that the correct and productive interpersonal relationships in an organization value contribution and performance instead of harmony. Learning management can not only contribute to your career and work effectiveness but also help you “live your life” conditionally instead of trying hard just to “survive” in the future, making you an effective, responsible, accomplished, and real person. The participants had a brand-new understanding of Drucker’s management thought.

Team-building Activities: Build A Cohesive Team

(Fig. 6) Scene of the Team-building Activity

The School of General Education of Xi’an Eurasia University organized all participants to carry out the team-building activity of “Encountering the Beauty of Education at Eurasia”. Ten teams were set up on-site to complete ten fixed-point challenges such as Breaking the Wind, Pluralitas in Unitatem, Starting from Here, and Eurasian Password, further building a positive, united, and collaborative management team, creating a warm, harmonious, and inclusive team atmosphere, and enhancing professional happiness and sense of belonging.

Publicity and Implementation of Values: Educating People First, Open Education, Excellent Performance

(Fig. 7) Special Report by Chairman Hu Jianbo

Hu Jianbo, Chairman of Xi’an Eurasia University, delivered a special training session on “Educating People First, Open Education, Excellent Performance”. Hu Jianbo further interpreted the value-oriented education philosophy through theoretical explanation, development foundation, and environmental analysis from four dimensions: educational philosophy and education model, one body and two wings under open education, excellent organizational ability and leadership, and outstanding teachers in applied disciplines. He put forward a “student-centered” education logic: The premise of education is to love others, the essence of education is to change ideas, and the effect of education lies in “teaching by words and deeds”. The report clearly stated that the concept of running an applied university should change from “focusing on its ranking within the university system and its own upgrading and development” to “focusing on students’ learning and life experience and meeting the needs of lifelong education in a knowledge-based society”, from “a relatively closed state in the educational circle” to “in-depth industry-education integration and comprehensively open school running”, and from “promoting academic reputation as the orientation” to “meeting the development needs of regional and industrial enterprises and acquiring social resources”. Hu Jianbo stressed that the University will continue to build a relatively independent scientific research team with a high research level and strong delivery abilities, forming an organized scientific research model.

2023 is a crucial year for the 14th Five-Year Plan of Xi’an Eurasia University to connect the past with the future. This seminar focused on “quality contribution” to continuously improve the education and teaching level and talent training quality of Xi’an Eurasia University through further delegation and empowerment of major directors. As mentioned by Chairman Hu Jianbo in the 2023 graduation speech “Live with Your Head Held High”, “This is Xi’an Eurasia University. Most teachers and faculty members here have found their way into Xi’an Eurasia University’s development in the University’s mission and vision. They dedicate their wisdom and strength to innovation little by little every day, which will bring immeasurable energy and value to the University.”