During the conference, a total of 18 keynote speeches addressed the importance, challenges, government support, the building of framework, and talent mobility, which concerned higher education mobility. As a representative of the Mainland China, Dr. Teng delivered a keynote address titled “University Students’ Mobility in the APEC Region: Development, Challenges and Trends from China” The presentation systematically introduced the history of higher education mobility in China since the first Chinese student, Rong Hong, was sent abroad to the U.S. in the late Qing dynasty. Dr. Teng focused on the policy and financial support made available for student mobility in Chinese higher education since the implementation of the Opening-up Reform, especially the recent achievements made by BNU’s new International Master’s Program. She also analyzed the challenges facing education quality and cultural identity, and proposed the notion that in order to help student better prepare for the cultural, psychological, and technical challenges in the future global cooperation and competition, APEC economies must reform the education and make education systems more open, diverse, and versatile. These concepts inspired active discussions among the delegates and many scholars expressed genuine interests in education programs in China, hoping to establish full scale cooperation in student and research exchange.

       After the conference, Dr. Teng Jun also discussed initial interests of cooperation with the delegates from the Southern California University, the Macquarie University, the University of Adelaide, the Tohoku University, the Meiji University, the Far Eastern Federal University, the Thailand Higher Education Commission, the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, the University of Hong Kong, and with representatives from Taipei. This has been a step further in creating a broader platform for future collaboration.