On January 22, the first Annual Conference of Zhejiang Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools and the Launch Ceremony of Zhejiang Alliance of Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools kicked off in Hangzhou. At the conference, the unveiling ceremony of the Zhejiang Research Center of Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools was also held. Five colleges including Jinhua Polytechnic, Zhejiang University, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Wenzhou-Kean University and Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology were selected as the vice president units of the Zhejiang Alliance of Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools.

Chen Hairong, Vice President of Jinhua Polytechnic, was invited to attend the conference and delivered a report titled Promoting High-Quality International Exchange and Cooperation in Vocational Education Through Both Introduction and Export of Talents. He also shared specific cases of the university in Chinese-foreign educational cooperation with experts and scholars at the conference.