The 2015 annual meeting of Hubei Overseas Student Management Association was solemnly held at the Luojia villa conference room in Wuhan University on the morning of Jan. 8th. Attending the conference were Liu Ligang, director of the Foreign Cooperation and Exchange, Hubei Department of Education, Zhou Jun, instructor of Entry and Exit Control, Wuhan Bureau of Public Security, Guo Yahong, Secretary General of Hubei EducationAssociationforInternational Exchange, 32 colleges and universities from Hubei Province as well as 110 cadres engaged in international students’ management.
Hu Yanchu, dean of the School of International Education, Wuhan University chaired the conference. At first, Su Hongtao, vice president of China University of Geosciences was invited to convey the meeting spirits of the seventh session of the fifth Standing Council and share the experience and lessons learned in dean training aimed at deans from Schools of International Education. Then, Exit and Entry Administration of Wuhan Public Security Bureau reported the accidents situations in 2015 and made suggestions on the international students’ visa management in universities. Subsequently, Lu Jiangbin, on behalf of the association, made a summary of their work in 2015 and put forward new work ideas for the coming 2016. The main work of the association in 2015: 1. Organized experts to visit some colleges and universities as commissioned by the Department of Education. 2. Assisted Central China Normal University in successfully holding “2015 International students' art show in Hubei Province”. 3. Successfully carried out the “Insurance management training for international students in Hubei Province”. 4. Recommended vice chairman, deputy secretary general, standing director and council unit candidate to the National Association of International Students’ Management. 5. Organized the assessment and recommendation of art show “Flowing China” by international students from all over the country. The work of the association in the coming 2016: 1. To straighten out the relationship of Hubei Association of Foreign Students’ Management with the provincial Department of Education and the Education Association for International Exchange. 2. To work out relevant regulations of secondary association. 3. To conduct seminars on international students’ management. 4. To carry out a sports event (football and basketball league) among international students from colleges and universities. In the end, Liu Ligang, director of the Department of Education made a concluding speech in which he praised the success achieved in managing university international students in Hubei province during 2005 and gave a clear direction of development, saying that efforts should be made to vigorously expand the scale of international students and encourage innovative ideas and finally enhance the learning results of international students in Hubei province.
The conference was held in an intensive sense for 2.5 hours and ended successfully in a warm atmosphere. However, all participants thought it was not enough. After the conference, people in groups of three and four continued to discuss problems and solutions they met in managing international students.
