On October 31, 2016, a national conference on studying in China was held in Beijing. Officials from Ministry of Education, representatives from provincial education department, university presidents from 31 regions attended the meeting. As Top 10 engineering university in terms of international education in China, Vice President Wang Qi was invited to attend the conference.

The conference was held by Ministry of Education. 8 institutions gave speech and exchanged their experience with the participants.

Hao Ping, Vice Minister of Ministry of Education, pointed out that this year was a vital node of study in China and the undertaking of international education took an important role in national diplomacy, politics, culture and education.

As the demonstration university, SAU has the most international engineering students in Liaoning Province and made achievements in English-medium course development. Currently, over 1200 international students from 72 countries are studying in SAU. There are almost 40 Chinese Government Scholarship students studying in SAU sponsored by MOE. In the future, SAU will further be responsive to national strategies, promote quality and standardize management, as well as pushing forward the progress of education internationalization.