1 Introduction

This section introduces the importance the Party Central Committee has attached to global governance since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative, emphasizing that China's participation in global governance requires the cultivation of specialized talent. Foreign language education plays a vital role in this endeavor. Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) is committed to cultivating global governance talent that meets the demands of the new era, thereby serving national strategic objectives.

2 New Requirements for Higher Foreign Language Education in Cultivating Global Governance Talent

This section explores the new requirements facing higher foreign language education in the context of cultivating global governance talent. It emphasizes the need for educational philosophy to shift from being adaptive to being leading-edge, aiming to cultivate talent capable of playing a leadership role in international organizations. The teaching perspective should evolve from direct viewing to comprehensive and holistic viewing, fostering students' global competence. The developmental path should transition from a single discipline to interdisciplinary integration, constructing a "foreign languages +" model for cultivating compound talents. The cultivation paradigm should shift from empowering with digital intelligence to cultivating digital intelligence governance capabilities, building a cultivation system centered on "language proficiency + digital intelligence literacy + global perspective" to foster more internationally competitive compound talents.

3 BFSU's Practice in Cultivating Global Governance Talent

As the first foreign language institution of higher education founded by the Communist Party of China, BFSU has always taken moral education and talent cultivation as its fundamental mission. It actively aligns with national strategic needs and has explored and developed a talent cultivation program with BFSU's distinctive characteristics and model. Against the backdrop of the digital intelligence era, BFSU is dedicated to cultivating practical global governance talent, aiming to nurture students' sense of national responsibility and global perspective, enhance their professional capabilities for work in international organizations, foreign affairs, and transnational trade, and prepare them to participate in and lead global rule-making, preside over multilateral negotiations, and engage in cross-cultural negotiations. At the undergraduate level, the focus is on cultivating compound practical talent, emphasizing the construction of an interdisciplinary knowledge system and the enhancement of foundational practical skills. At the graduate level, the focus is on cultivating talent for international organizations, emphasizing the accumulation of specialized knowledge in specific fields and the improvement of competencies for international organizations.

At the undergraduate level, BFSU faces challenges such as the need to improve mechanisms for interdisciplinary and cross-border integration, enhance practical global governance capabilities, and strengthen the mutual empowerment of language advantages and digital intelligence capabilities. To address these issues, BFSU has constructed a compound practical talent cultivation system based on the "Five Fives" concept, promoting innovation and upgrading of the talent cultivation model from five aspects: implementing the fundamental task of moral education, establishing interdisciplinary platforms, building practical cultivation systems, creating language-digital integrated courses, and setting up digital communication bridges. Through cooperation with multiple institutions, BFSU has constructed an interdisciplinary curriculum system, launched new majors and micro-majors, and deepened theoretical foundations in global governance. It has established a five-in-one practical cultivation system, conducted situational teaching activities, and provided opportunities for practical training. It has introduced "language + data" double degree programs and data literacy courses, and advanced the digitalization of the second classroom. It has undertaken the construction of the national global language service platform, established multiple laboratories and teaching courses, built a smart teaching cloud platform, etc., providing strong support for faculty and students.

At the graduate level, BFSU faces challenges in cultivating talent for international organizations regarding the systematization and scaling of cultivation mechanisms, the translation of practical abilities, the sustainability of talent cultivation outcomes, and the refinement of evaluation systems. BFSU's cultivation mechanism has evolved from "pilot exploration" to "scale and effectiveness," constructing an excellent talent cultivation system that progresses from "knowledge input" to "capability output." It has established a talent cultivation model of "early identification, early cultivation, early practice," providing a strong guarantee for cultivating international organization talent needed to serve national strategies in the new era. Graduates from BFSU's School of International Organizations have shown positive career development trends, with students undertaking internships in international organizations across multiple countries and regions. Some graduates have secured positions in renowned international organizations, foreign-related national ministries and agencies, and multinational corporations. The school also provides a high-quality development platform for academic talents.

4 BFSU's New Concept for International Development: The BFSU-CREATE Global Strategy

This section introduces the BFSU-CREATE Global Strategy, which BFSU has constructed to advance its international development. BFSU represents four key goals: enhancing the capacity to serve national strategies, teachers' global competitiveness, students' global competence, and the university's global influence. CREATE encompasses six major plans: the Global Partnership Plan, to enhance cooperation levels with world universities, language-target countries, and international organizations, and to build an internationalized disciplinary resource platform; the Global Reputation Plan, for overseas institutional layout, enhancing academic reputation, building communication platforms, and alumni associations; the Global Faculty Plan, to expand faculty's international perspectives, introduce high-level talents, and optimize international faculty management; the Global Academic Plan, to carry out international academic cooperation, build a matrix of language-specific academic journals, and strengthen regional studies; the Global Talent Plan, to develop internationalized curricula, conduct joint cultivation programs, establish internship bases, and build a study-abroad brand; and the Global Support Plan, to foster an internationalized campus culture, promote management internationalization, establish assessment mechanisms, and expand operations relying on institutional support.

5 Conclusion

This section emphasizes the critical role of higher foreign language education in serving national strategies and participating in global governance in the new era. Aiming to cultivate global governance talent with a sense of national responsibility, a global perspective, and professional expertise, BFSU has constructed a practical talent cultivation system at both undergraduate and graduate levels. It promotes innovative practices such as curriculum-based ideological and political education guidance and interdisciplinary integration, supported by the BFSU-CREATE Global Strategy. This practice provides experience for the reform of higher foreign language education, assists China in playing a leading role in global governance, and contributes to building a community with a shared future for mankind.