Professional Profile
At present, social economy of Guangdong Province has entered a new stage of high-quality development, and the high-level opening-up pattern of foreign economic and trade cooperation has been deepened. The vigorous development of international economy and trade in the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao has put forward new demands for composite applied foreign trade talents with digital literacy. At present, the demand for international economic and trade professionals in the industry mainly presents the characteristics of "increasing total demand and diversified demand sources".
Training Objectives
This major is mainly aimed at the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and aims to cultivate composite applied talents who are all-round developed in such areas of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor, have national feeling, healthy personality, international vision, craftsmanship spirit and innovation ability, master the basic theory and professional skills of international economics and trade, and have the professional ability and comprehensive quality to independently complete all aspects of international trade business. The students can be able to apply professional knowledge of various disciplines, integrate various disciplines, follow up the forefront of development of international economy and trade in a timely manner, solve business problems in the field of international economy and trade, have strong industry competitiveness, and adapt to the new needs of economic and trade development and industry digital development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Through the education in this programme, they can work in foreign trade business, foreign trade documents, digital trade operation, international freight forwarding, customs declaration and inspection, international project management and other positions in the fields of international trade, digital trade, international freight transport, cross-border investment, etc.
Knowledge and ability
1. Professional quality ability: have a firm and correct political direction, good ideological and moral character, love the motherland, love the people, support the leadership of the Communist Party of China; have national feelings, healthy personality and good physical and mental quality; be concerned about social problems and national development, have a sense of social responsibility, and take the initiative to participate in social practice; understand the national conditions, people's social conditions, and practice the core socialist values; have a good professional quality, adhere to the international economic and trade activities industry norms and social responsibility requirements.
2. Subject knowledge ability: have systematic and solid general knowledge, subject basic knowledge and ability; understand the history, current situation and frontier trends of related disciplines, master the corresponding research ideas and research methods; expand interdisciplinary knowledge and have the ability to apply interdisciplinary knowledge.
3. Application ability: have the ability to integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, and be able to comprehensively use relevant knowledge and skills to analyze and solve complex problems in the major or related fields; master international economic and trade business skills, with international business negotiation, international document making, international freight forwarding, inbound and outbound goods declaration and inspection, international settlement and other necessary skills; form certain professional characteristics in digital trade, international freight forwarding and international investment cooperation; have the ability to put professional knowledge to practical use and engage in practical business in the professional environment of international economy and trade.
4. Innovation ability: have logical thinking ability, critical spirit and reflective consciousness, strong sense of innovation and entrepreneurship and social adaptability; be able to use the research ideas and methods of the major to organize and carryout investigations and research, to discover, discriminate, summarize and evaluate the phenomena and problems of the major and related fields, to form personal judgments, opinions or countermeasures, and to creatively solve the problems in international economic and trade activities.
5. Information ability: be able to track the development of science and technology, able to use various information technologies and tools to obtain and analyze relevant information, skilled in using various software and online office systems; be able to use relevant models for analysis and judgment, able to use information technology to carry out related business and solve practical problems in the professional field.
6. Communication skills: have strong communication skills, able to use accurate and standardized language, logical and clear expression of views, able to communicate effectively with peers and the public, with a certain degree of publicity and communication ability; have cross-cultural communication skills, master a foreign language, with listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating skills.
7. Teamwork ability: have strong organization, coordination and management ability, and be able to work harmoniously with team members to complete international economic and trade business.
8. International vision: understand and respect the difference and diversity of world culture, and be able to spread Chinese excellent culture and Chinese wisdom; understand international developments, pay attention to major global issues in the field of international economy and trade, and have the ability to carryout international exchanges and cooperation in this field.
9. Learning and development ability: have self-planning, self-management, independent learning and lifelong learning ability, able to adapt to the needs of high-level and sustainable development of society and individuals through continuous learning; through learning track the development of the international economy and trade industry in a timely manner, and be adapt to the updated international economic and trade environment.
Specialty features of international economy and trade
In accordance with the OBE concept of "student-centered, output-oriented and continuous improvement", this major is closely related to the needs of the industry to build a talent training program and curriculum system, and the government, schools and enterprises cooperate in training.
1. Features of "Professional + practical ability" training. It emphasizes the integration of production and education, pays attention to the cooperation between school and enterprise, and highlights the cultivation of students' practical ability. Departments and enterprises jointly develop school-enterprise co-construction courses, and enterprise tutors participate in practical teaching guidance and achieve remarkable results. The faculty team helps and guides students to obtain professional certificates, builds and optimizes professional core courses equipped with practical training platforms, and cultivates application-oriented talents.
2. "Professional + innovation and entrepreneurship ability" training features. To build a three-in-one innovation and entrepreneurship mechanism of "First class + Second class + International Economic and trade professional competition", to provide a three-dimensional platform for students' professional ability improvement and all-round development, and to cultivate compound and innovative talents.
3. "Professional + digital" training features. Keep close to the forefront of international economic and trade development, meet the needs of the country and society for digital trade talents, offer digital trade-related courses, set up cross-border digital trade elective modules, and build a platform for students to participate in digital trade skills competition to train digital talents.
4. "Major + Foreign language" training features. Promote the integration of professional teaching and foreign language teaching, set up professional courses such as foreign trade English correspondence and telecommunications, foreign trade oral English, and focus on cultivating international economic and trade professionals, improve the comprehensive competitiveness of employment, and cultivate international and comprehensive talents.
Core Courses for Majors
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Management, Economic Law, Digital Economics, International Trade, International Trade Practice, International settlement, Import and export Customs Declaration Practice, International Trade Documents, International Business Negotiation.
Practical teaching session
Campus concentrated practice teaching: ERP software and its application, business negotiation training, international trade simulation, economics sand table, enterprise practice teaching course design, campus simulation comprehensive practice.
Enterprise practice teaching project: According to the actual needs of students participating in international economy and trade business and expanding professional frontier knowledge, there are six enterprise practice teaching projects including online self-learning expansion module course, professional morality education, field research, production (professional) practice, graduation practice and graduation thesis. In the process of enterprise practice teaching, the synergistic effect of professional tutors, thesis tutors, enterprise tutors, vocational tutors and ideological and political tutors will be brought into full play to help students expand their professional abilities and improve their professional qualities.
Teaching conditions
The practical training place of this major is the comprehensive laboratory which has been built by the college. The laboratory covers an area of about 5,371 square meters, with a total investment of 14.83 million yuan. It is composed of two parts: the economics and management laboratory and the interdisciplinary and cross-professional comprehensive simulation practice platform. It is a key experimental teaching center of the university and a key experimental demonstration base in Guangdong Province. The laboratory has international trade business simulation software, document system simulation software, comprehensive simulation practice and software required for international economics and trade professional practice. It provides a good learning, research and practice environment for the teachers and students of international economics and trade.
The off-campus training bases that cooperate closely with this major include Shenzhen Kunxin International Freight Forwarding Co., LTD., Shenzhen Haiguang Logistics Co., LTD., Guangzhou Disipu Audio Technology Co., LTD., Guangzhou Stick Valley Technology Co., LTD., Guangzhou Tihang International Logistics Co., LTD., Shenzhen Cross-border Ecommerce Alliance, Shenzhen Kangxiang Health Industry Co., LTD., Guangdong Sheneng Electric Power Equipment Group Co., LTD Company and other dozens of enterprise institutions. Among them, we have established a solid cooperative relationship with some institutions in the aspects of talent training program design, curriculum construction, internship and employment arrangement, which provides strong support for teaching design and enterprise practice teaching, and provides a large number of internship, research and employment opportunities for graduate interns.
Employment prospects
The graduates of this major are mainly employed in the fields of international trade, digital trade, international freight and cross-border investment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. They are mainly engaged in foreign trade business, foreign trade documents, digital trade operation, cross-border e-commerce operation, international freight forwarding, customs declaration and inspection, business management, international project management and other positions. They can also work in economic and trade-related institutions and universities. The CPC Central Committee has called for high-level opening-up and improved trade and investment cooperation. Located at the forefront of China's coastal opening up, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area enjoys obvious geographical advantages, strong economic strength, concentrated factors of innovation, sound trade foundation and leading level of internationalization. It has strong advantages and vitality in the high-quality development of foreign economy and trade. Enterprises and units of all kinds have a strong demand for talents in international economy and trade, providing a broad space for career development for graduates of this major.
Teaching Staff
There are 23 full-time teachers in this major, including 4 doctoral students and 19 master students, covering the fields of international economics and trade, economics, law, management and so on. There are 3 professors, 5 associate professors and 11 lecturers. 35% of the teachers have senior titles. In terms of age structure, more than 80% of the teachers are young and middle-aged under 45 years old. Among the teaching team, 7 teachers have practical experience in the government's foreign trade administration agencies and foreign economic and trade enterprises.
