From October 29 to 31, the 26^th China Annual Conference & Expo for International Education (CACIE 2025), themed 'Bridging Education and Beyond', was held in Beijing. Li Weiqing, Vice President of SCUT, attended the CACIE, and delivered a keynote speech entitled SCUT's Practice in Cultivating International Excellent Engineersat one of the side events—the 2nd New Zealand-China High-level Education Forum. Li shared SCUT's innovative practices in developing a model for cultivating excellent engineers to address global challenges, which resonated widely with attendees.

It is reported that the CACIE 2025 brought together education leaders, experts, scholars, and industry representatives from more than 70 countries and regions worldwide to explore new trends and opportunities in global education development.