On May 12, 2021, the 2021 Silk Road Education Cooperation and Exchange Conference and the "Belt and Road" International Student Culture and Art Season hosted by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and undertaken by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education and Xi'an Jiaotong University opened in Xi'an. Fang Guanghua, Deputy Governor of the Provincial People’s Government, Xu Yongji, Deputy Director of the International Department of the Ministry of Education, Executive Deputy Director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhang Junlin, Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Government, officials from embassies of many countries in China, members of the Provincial Party Committee’s Education Working Committee, and Provincial Department of Education Deputy Director Liu Baoping presided over the opening ceremony. Vice President Zhang Yuelin was invited to participate in the conference and exchanged and studied with other universities on the international development of universities and participation in the joint construction of "Belt and Road" education cooperation.

With the theme of "Civilization Mutual Learning,Exchange and Sharing",this educational cooperation and exchange meeting will hold multiple sub-forums around different sub-fields of higher education,relying on colleges and universities in the province. Strive to promote theglobalization of China's education and contribute to the high-quality development, continuous deepening and implementation of the "Belt and Road" education initiative.