Jointly organized by Chinese Ministry of Education and Mexican Ministry of Public Education, the Second China-Mexico Principal Forum was held in Beijing on March 27^th. Li Hai (Deputy Director of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education, China), Sheng Jianxue (Secretary General of the China Education Association for International Exchange), Enrique Escorza (Minister of the Mexican Embassy in China), Jaime Valls Esponda (Secretary General of the Mexican Higher Education Association) attended the forum and addressed the audience. Prof. Yan Xiaohong, the president of JSU, Prof. Li Zhongxing, Director of International Office of JSU attended the forum.

Prof. Yan Xiaohong delivered a lecture entitledThe Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, highlighting measures and achievements of innovation and entrepreneurship training of JSU to more than 100 delegates from 49 Chinese and Mexican institutions. He also expressed the willingness to cooperate with Mexican universities to consult joint postgraduates programmes in the field of engineering and recruit long-term and short-term Mexican exchange students.

The China-Mexico Principal Forum is an annual forum according to “the Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Educational Cooperation and Development” between China and Mexico. The forum aims to promote understanding and cooperation between universities in higher education innovation as well as in the area of entrepreneurship and STEM (short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.