On December 5, international students from Beijing Technology and Business University participated in a fan meeting and Central Axis cultural experience event hosted by the "Beijing Foreign Affairs, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan" WeChat official account. A total of 36 international students from countries including the Philippines, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan at our university joined this event. Centered on the culture of Beijing's Central Axis, the event allowed international students to deeply experience the charm of China's excellent traditional culture and enhance their understanding of Beijing's urban history and cultural heritage through immersive experiences and interactive exchanges.
At the beginning of the event, everyone enjoyed a special art exhibition themed "City Memory". The exhibition presented Beijing's historical changes and urban style from an artistic perspective, creating a strong atmosphere for the subsequent Central Axis cultural experience. Centered on the theme "One Central Axis Connects Ancient and Modern Times", the event systematically explained the historical evolution, architectural pattern, and important position in urban planning of the Central Axis. The content covered various aspects such as hutong life around the Bell and Drum Towers, the commercial tradition of Qianmen Street, and the agricultural culture of "respecting heaven and valuing life" at the Temple of Agriculture. Later, the host of "Beijing Foreign Affairs, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan" introduced the efforts made by the official account in promoting international communication and serving foreigners in Beijing, and encouraged more Chinese and foreign youth to pay attention to Beijing's development and participate in urban dialogue.
To further enhance the cultural experience, the event also arranged an interactive session of "Hand-painting Ancient Buildings", where international students tried to depict the iconic buildings of the Central Axis with brushes on site. Through hands-on painting, they more intuitively felt the structural beauty and cultural symbolic meaning of Chinese ancient architecture. Combining cultural explanations, art appreciation, and hands-on practice, this event provided international students with an opportunity to get close to China's traditional culture and understand Beijing's history, promoting cultural exchanges and emotional connections between Chinese and foreign students.
Beijing Technology and Business University (Beijing Technology and Business University)
It is abbreviated as BTBU (Beijing Technology and Business University) [50], located at 33 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, and is under the administration of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission; [50] it is a high-level research-oriented university under key construction in Beijing, a member of the Collaborative Innovation Alliance for Business Schools in Universities of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, and the first university in China whose Food Science and Engineering major has passed the international dual certification of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST).
The university was formed by the merger of Beijing Institute of Light Industry, Beijing Business School, and Mechanical Industry Management Cadre College in June 1999. The predecessor of Beijing Business School was the Cadre School of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives founded in the early 1950s and the Central Commercial Cadre School founded in 1953. In 1958, the Cadre School of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives merged into the Central Commercial Cadre School; in 1959, the Ministry of Commerce, with the approval of the State Council, established the Central Business College.
In 1960, it was renamed Beijing Business School and was among the first batch of universities in China approved by the State Council to award master's degrees, successively affiliated with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Domestic Trade. Beijing Institute of Light Industry was founded in 1958, being one of the earliest institutions of higher learning for light industry in China, successively affiliated with the Ministry of Light Industry and the China National Light Industry Council. Mechanical Industry Management Cadre College was founded in 1982, affiliated with the Ministry of Machinery Industry. In May 2018, the university became a doctoral degree-granting institution.
