Travel Overseas to Cultivate Global Competency – Practice Documentary on the Summer Holiday Internship of QMES

From July to August 2023, Chi Rui, Wang Tianxin and other students from the class of 2022 of QMES participated in the Global Competency Talent Training Program for New Youth organized by the school. Through a series of activities, the students have learned to apply theory to practice, improve teamwork skills, broaden international perspectives and enhance cross-cultural communication skills. In practice, they have gained a lot and grown rapidly.

From July 17 to July 23, 2023, under the guidance of Mr. Fang in charge of the project, Chi Rui visited a number of well-known companies such as Alibaba, Krypton Motors, Hema Xiansheng, Doodle Intelligence and China Blue Live Broadcasting Industry Base, and the workshops of these enterprises. During the visit, he gained an in-depth understanding of the operation mechanism of Internet enterprises and realized the differences between traditional manufacturing and digital manufacturing. Chi Rui expressed: “Thanks to the experience in the workshop, I expanded my thinking, understood the difference between campus and workplace, and clarified my own development goals. Chi's greatest achievement is his reflection on team cooperation and personal reflection, and he realized that personal development cannot be achieved without team cooperation. The activity helped him better plan his career and pursue his dream.

From July 31 to August 6, 2023, Wang Tianxin went to Beijing to participate in the field exchange program of United Nations agencies in China sponsored by the project. On the first day, he listened to Liu Zhixian, a member of the New Youth Expert Committee, who gave a lecture titled International Organizations and Talent Training, and had an in-depth exchange with Mr. Liu on issues related to international organizations, systematically understanding the development process and working mechanism of international organizations at home and abroad. The next day, he went to the UN Building in China to learn about the work content, work orientation and achievements of the UN agencies in China, visited the green facilities of the relevant UN agencies and offices in China, experienced the MOVERS workshop entitled "Sustainable Development and Our Lives" through interactive teaching and took part in the training workshops on the theme of "Climate Action". Subsequently, he visited the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and Technology Promotion Office (UNIDO), UNAIDS, UNHCR, the United Nations Volunteers Office in China, and the China, ASEAN and UN Women Cooperation Project - Loyirong Sisters with Disabilities Social Work Office. In addition, he also participated in job interviews and reports in various United Nations organizations, presented research results through group discussions and reflections, and put forward many valuable suggestions and ideas. Finally, in the group presentation, he reported on the lack of clean water faced by refugees, which was fully recognized by Professor Wang Xiaoping of Tsinghua University.

Through several days of internships, Wang Tianxin was aware of the importance of an "international perspective". In the United Nations, the ability to communicate fluently in English is also essential. The selection of talents of the United Nations needs to go through complex and strict procedures. In addition, he felt the close relationship between sustainable development and our lives, understood the impact of global climate change concretely, and knew the importance of environmental protection and the concept of sustainable development. The UNHCR, founded in 1950, also gave him a new understanding of "refugees". The UNHCR's work is not limited to refugees in the narrow sense, but also includes five categories of refugees such as stateless people, and these refugees are still facing many huge problems to be solved.

After the practice, Wang Tianxin said that he will continue to improve his own ability, and strive to grow into a young person who possesses patriotism, international vision, cross-cultural communication ability and global competency, and make greater contributions to national prosperity and social development.

In 2019, QMES established the Student International Development Center, focusing on expanding students' international vision, actively responding to the call of NPU, keeping up with international organizations and global governance, focusing on cultivating young leaders with patriotism and world views, and constantly improving students' global competency. Through this internship, students learned about the real and touching, rich and influential international work experience, igniting the students' inner sense of responsibility and responsibility, and mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm for international diversified development.

Text/Photo: Chi Rui, Wang Tianxin

Editor: Li Qi, Wang Ruixuan, Song Jiayin

Translator: Liu Yang

Review: Fan Xiaoli, Cheng Yin