On March 1, the opening ceremony of Sun Wu Academy of Binzhou Vocational College (Sri Lanka) was held in online form. Li Yudi, dean of international college and director of international exchange and cooperation department, Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda, dean of humanities and social sciences of Sri Lankan capital university, and relevant teachers of the two schools attended the ceremony.

At the ceremony, Li Yudi introduced that Sun Wu Academy, with “language as a bridge and culture as a medium”, integrates Chinese philosophy, history, art and other multicultural contents, and carefully creates a special program that integrates Chinese language teaching and Chinese culture experience. Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda said that this cooperation is an innovative practice for the two universities to implement the “Belt and Road” Education Action Plan, and Sri Lanka Capital University will fully support it. Shirantha Heenkenda said that this cooperation is an innovative practice of the two universities to implement the “Belt and Road” education action plan, the Sri Lankan Capital University will fully support the construction of the school, looking forward to the systematic cultural courses, cultivate composite talents with both language skills and cultural understanding, and inject new momentum for the two countries' economic and trade exchanges and humanistic exchange.

As an important carrier of Binzhou Vocational College's overseas cultural dissemination, the completion of Sun Wu Academy marks a new stage of Sino-Swedish vocational education cooperation. In the future, the two sides will continue to deepen the cooperation in education and humanities, and make the Academy a model platform for cultural exchanges between Chinese and Sri Lankan youths, and cultivate more cultural ambassadors who are knowledgeable about China and friendly to China for the construction of a community of human destiny.