The “Belt and Road” Education Research Network

To echo the B&R initiative and in response to the release of Education Initiative to Promote the B&R Joint Construction, CNAES held the first B& R Education Dialogue in 2017, aiming to promote policy exchanges and educational cooperation among B&R countries. Proposal of establishing a B&R Education Research Network were raised on this event, and received wide supports from international experts and scholars. To date, 44 countries have joined this network.

Since the establishment of the network, CNAES has actively utilized this platform to promote academic exchanges across the B&R region. It has organized educational institutions from participating countries to conduct research on shared educational concerns and explore the possibilities of in-depth collaboration, playing an active role in enhancing education quality in the region. From 2017 to 2023, four education dialogue conferences have been held successively, focusing on hot issues in regional education and conducting in-depth discussions on development priorities across various stages and fields of education. Topics include the following:

• 21st Century Literacy and Curriculum Innovation
• Student Mobility and Cross-Border Education
• The Future of Higher Education and Academic Mobility
• The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Future Schools
• Entrepreneurship Education and Youth Employment
• Early Childhood Development and Education
• Educational Modernization and National Development
• The New Round of Technological Revolution and Educational Transformation
• Approaches and Models for Promoting Educational Equity and Improving Educational Quality
• Priorities Policies for Teacher Professional Development
• Integration of Industry and Education and the Development of High-Quality Teaching Teams

CNAES uses the network platform to carry out exchanges on educational policies and practices, and has released 23 Newsletters, which are welcomed by educational institutions in various countries.