On July 6, 2026, the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation between China Foreign Affairs University and Guizhou University was held at Guizhou University. Wang Shiting, Secretary of the CPC Committee of CFAU, and Yang Wei, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Guizhou University, signed the memorandum on behalf of the two universities. The ceremony was chaired by Chen Yanbo, Vice President of Guizhou University, with heads of relevant departments of both universities attending.

Secretary Wang Shiting introduced CFAU's educational strengths and features, as well as the key research areas and achievements of the Research Center for a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity. He expressed the hope that through institutionalized cooperation with Guizhou University, the two sides would realize complementary advantages — in particular, strengthening the research, interpretation and communication of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, advancing the building of an independent Chinese knowledge system for international relations and diplomatic studies, and cultivating interdisciplinary and professional diplomatic and foreign affairs talent suited to the needs of the times.

Yang Wei, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Guizhou University, introduced Guizhou University's commitment to cultivating talent rooted in the west, its research and discipline development focused on Guizhou, and its open education practices in recent years. She said that CFAU and Guizhou University enjoy broad space for complementary strengths and huge cooperation potential, and hoped the two universities would join hands to continuously deepen long-term strategic cooperation in advancing the building of a community with a shared future for humanity and in ASEAN regional and country studies, establish mechanisms for interactive exchanges among officials, faculty and students, and cultivate more talent and contribute greater strength to serving the country's overall foreign affairs work.

Under the memorandum, the two sides will strengthen cooperation in talent cultivation, scientific research and social services.

Before the signing ceremony, Secretary Wang Shiting gave the keynote lecture at Guizhou University's 'Collective Lesson-Preparation Session on Bringing Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy into the Classroom and the Xishan Forum on Liberal Arts,' delivering a thematic report entitled 'Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy and the Practice of Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics.' Yang Wei, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Guizhou University, chaired the forum.