On June 30, the opening ceremony of the 1st Seminar on "the Belt and Road" Infrastructure Construction for International Talents of 2019 was held successfully in the Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel. 37 trainees from seven countries including Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Lebanon attended the opening ceremony. The trainees included government officials, counselors stationed in China, university and college teachers, and members that comprise the technical backbone of the construction industry from various countries. The leaders and guests of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, the Shanghai Construction Group, Glodon Company Limited, the Education Bureau of Minhang District, and other units attended the ceremony. Party Secretary of the school Chu Min, President Ye Yinzhong, Vice-President Yang Xiufang, and Vice Secretary He Guang also attended the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Vice-President Yang Xiufang.

President Ye Yinzhong delivered a speech at the ceremony. On behalf of the university, he welcomed the 37 attendees from the 7 countries to "the Belt and Road" event and highly appreciated the trainees and their countries for their active participation in the "the Belt and Road" initiative as well as their devotion to the principle of achieving shared growth through discussion and collaboration with the goal of promoting interconnectedness, prosperity, and development among countries. Under the assistance of various institutions and enterprises including the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, the Shanghai Construction Group, Glodon Company Limited, the Education Bureau of Minhang District, the Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College and Shanghai Construction Engineering School, this seminar would be a complete success. The trainees learned about Chinese technologies and standards, experienced Chinese culture, enhanced the friendships, communications, and cooperation among each other, and created a better future through this training.

Since 2017, SUCC has successfully held four seminars on "the Belt and Road" initiative and has trained about 300 attendees in total. The fifth seminar focused on the concept of the “Ruban School”. The contents of the research and studies included appreciating the Ruban technical area constructed by the intelligent site “Headquarters Building of BRICS New Development Bank”; visiting the Ruban Intelligent sector of the Shanghai Center Tower and the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory; experiencing woodworking, traditional filigree creation and other aspects of traditional Chinese culture. The courses were more colorful than those in previous years. These reflected the pursuit of excellence, overall consciousness in serving the national strategy, and the management philosophy of advancing with the times as advocated by the organizer, the College of Continuing Education.