Dou Zhuanxing resigned from the old year, the wind and the sun welcome the new year. On January 6, 2018, the International School of Social Work, which was jointly established by the School of Social and Public Management of East China University of Science and Technology and Beijing Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation, was unveiled and established. This is the first social work college in China that was donated and supported by the Social Welfare Foundation and co-organized with well-known universities. It is also the first international social work college in China. While expanding the school's human resources and social science reform and innovation, it will also be committed to To promote the international development of China's social work.

The opening ceremony of the School of International Social Work of East China University of Science and Technology was presided over by Wu Baijun, deputy president of East China University of Science and Technology. Ms. Zhang Liming, former deputy director of the Women and Children's Working Committee of the State Council and former head of the All-China Women's Federation Organization Department, and Zhou Weiyan, director of Beijing Yongzhen Charity Foundation, China Social Work Professor Wang Sibin, President of the Society, Professor Guan Xinping, Nankai University, Vice President of China Social Work Education Association, Professor Gu Donghui, Fudan University, Wang Ying, Deputy Director of the Training Center of the former Ministry of Civil Affairs, Professor Qu Jingping, President of East China University of Science and Technology, Professor Wu Baijun, Vice President, and More than 300 guests from social engineering departments of more than 20 universities and colleges at home and abroad, more than 30 social engineering institutions and people from all walks of life attended the conference.

In his speech, President Qu Jingping of East China University of Science and Technology expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Beijing Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation for donating 20 million yuan to support the establishment of the International Social Work Institute and the construction of first-class disciplines in sociology, and emphasized that the school will attach great importance to and support international social work. The development of the college and a donation certificate for Zhou Weiyan, chairman of Beijing Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation.

In the speech, Ms. Zhou Weiyan, the director of Beijing Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation, said that social work is a very noble and respectable profession. With the advent of the era of artificial intelligence, many occupations will be replaced by machines. There will be more room for demand. And including her, many people who do public welfare in the market do not know exactly how to do social work. The establishment of the School of International Social Work of East China University of Science and Technology has provided a good opportunity for "public welfare people" to engage in social work. Beijing Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation is very pleased to be able to fund the establishment of the International School of Social Work. In the future, it will contact other foundations to further expand resources and jointly promote the development of social work.

Dean of the School of Social and Public Management He Xuesong introduced the situation of the International School of Social Work to the guests who attended the scene. In the introduction, Dean He said that the organizational structure of the International School of Social Work is composed of the Board of Directors, the Board of Supervisors, the Academic Committee, and the Academic Committee. And International Advisory Committee. Chairman of the China Social Work Education Association, Professor Xu Yongxiang of East China University of Science and Technology as the chairman, Ms. Zhou Weiyan, the chairman of the Beijing Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation, as the vice chairman, Zhang Liming, member of the CPPCC National Committee and former director of the All-China Women's Federation Organization Department. Wang Ying, vice president of the association, Li Zhaowei, deputy secretary-general of the Social Work Industry Alumni Association of East China University of Science and Technology, Li Tao, director of the Beijing Collaborator Social Work Development Center, and He Xuesong, Fan Bin, Fei Meiping, and others served as directors.

Dean He Xuesong also introduced that the tasks of the International School of Social Work are divided into five categories: 1 In terms of professional talent training, providing high-quality non-degree education and training, setting up permanent social work scholarships, and setting up outstanding social work students to study abroad Funds; 2 In terms of international communication platforms, build high-level international academic exchange bases and international cooperation networks; 3 In high-level scientific research, build social work databases, publish high-level international journal articles, and impact on major projects of the National Social Science Fund . 4 In terms of building a first-class scientific research team, set up an eternal scholar reward program, attract special talents at home and abroad to join the college, and focus on supporting the development of potential teachers; 5 in terms of policy advocacy networks, build government, academic institutions, Dialogue platforms and policy forums for social work agencies, specialized think tanks, and industry associations.

At the subsequent academic forum of "Social Work Development in the New Era", the President of the Chinese Society of Social Work, Professor Wang Sibin of Peking University, the Vice President of the China Social Work Education Association, and Professor Guan Xinping of Nankai University respectively shared academic discussions. Professor Annamaria Campanini, chairman of the International Social Work Education Alliance, also sent a message from Europe, expressing her strong support for the college's international exchanges and cooperation.

In the report entitled “Mission and Challenges of Social Work in the New Era”, Professor Wang Sibin, President of the Chinese Society of Social Work and Peking University, pointed out that the modernization of the national governance system and the new era of the 19th CPC National Congress are opportunities for the development of social work in China. In a recent study meeting held by the Central Party School, President Xi Jinping mentioned far-sightedly: "Think about some major theoretical and practical issues from a broad perspective of the integration of history and reality, international and domestic connections, and the combination of theory and practice. And grasp. " This is the core concept of our social engineering and social welfare circles working together to build an international social work college, and it is also the guiding ideology for carrying out social work education, scientific research, and practical work in the new era.

In the report of the "Spirit of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Development of Social Work", Vice President of China Social Work Education Association, Professor Guan Xinping, interpreted from three aspects. First, the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has put forward new requirements for the protection of people's livelihood and social governance. How to protect and improve people's livelihood in development? Professor Guan Xinping said, "To conduct social policy research, we must promote the improvement of people's livelihood and integrate people's livelihood with development. Second, the report of the 19th National Congress of the People's Republic of China puts forward guarantees to improve people's livelihood and strengthen social innovation and social governance. The development of work has put forward high requirements. Strengthening innovative social governance is not only based on the general strengthening of management, but also to strengthen services such as psychological counseling, dispute mediation, and social debugging. It also strengthens the construction of social psychological service system and cultivates healthy and healthy people. Social and cultural atmosphere. Third, how does social work respond to and assume the requirements of the report of the 19th CPC National Congress? Guan Xinping believes that institution building and capacity building are the focus and focus of social worker development in the next step.

Prof. Liang Yuxi and Prof. Zhang Jinfang from the School of Social Work of the University of Houston in the United States also shared the latest social work development trends at home and abroad and the opportunities and challenges facing social work in the new period.

The establishment of the School of International Social Work of East China University of Science and Technology has opened a new page for teaching, research, practice and policy advocacy of social work in China. Beijing Yongzhen Public Welfare Foundation will also continue to pay attention to the growth and progress, construction and development of the academy, and look forward to the International School of Social Work to work hard, educate people, and pass on the fire to build China and even the world's first-class social work professional education, academic exchanges, An advantageous platform for pragmatic development and scientific research, unremittingly strive for the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!