On April 22, the 2025 Standing Committee Expanded Meeting of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Inner Mongolia Alliance of Universities and the Business Education Sub-Alliance Founding Ceremony were held at the Liangxiang Campus of Beijing Technology and Business University. The event brought together nearly 200 participants, including leaders from the Municipal Education Commission (departments) of the four regions, representatives from universities, and experts in the business field. They aimed to explore new paths for regional education cooperation and the integration of industry, education, and research. Yin Zhichao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of CUEB, led a delegation of relevant department heads to attend the meeting.

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Inner Mongolia Alliance of Universities was established in November 2024. It has four sub-alliances: Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine, and Education, and includes 118 local undergraduate universities. CUEB was elected as a Standing Committee member during the founding conference. This meeting also marked the establishment of the Business Education Sub-Alliance. Led by Beijing Technology and Business University, the sub-alliance has eight universities, including CUEB, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Hebei University of Economics and Business, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, and four other universities serving as the first Standing Committee members, Chair, and Vice-Chair units. During the founding ceremony, Yin Zhichao, represented CUEB and joined leaders from other member units to launch the sub-alliance. Education authorities from the four regions presented plaques to the member units. The aim is to pool business education resources, promote educational reform, innovation, and high-quality development, and boost coordinated regional development.

A forum themed “Transformation of Business Education in the Digital-Intelligent Era” was held concurrently. Six experts from institutions such as the Party School of the CPC Central Committee and the Central University of Finance and Economics delivered speeches. They focused on topics including paradigm shifts in education, artificial intelligence empowerment, and optimization of disciplinary structures, providing new insights for the digital transformation of business education.

Looking ahead, alliance member universities will collaborate closely and work actively with enthusiasm and pragmatic approaches. They will fully commit to the alliance’s development and contribute to the high-quality coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Inner Mongolia region.