2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Research on the Cultivation of Intercultural Communicative Competence of Chinese Engineering Science and Technology Talents under the “Belt and Road” Initiative

Presented at Engineering Identity and Student Support (Features 2 papers of STDT)

Abstract: With the continuous promotion of the “Belt and Road” initiative, China and countries along the “Belt and Road” have increasingly deepened their economic, political, cultural and other cooperation. The engineering and technological talents involved in the construction of engineering projects in countries along the route are the core stakeholders. The cultivation of intercultural communicative competence for engineering and technology talents is conducive to the orderly and high-quality implementation of initiative. However, due to the different cultures of countries along the “Belt and Road”, most countries are significantly different from British and American cultures, and the traditional intercultural communicative competence adapted to British and American cultures cannot meet the needs of the initiative. The government, educational institutions, and enterprises urgently need to take active measures to cultivate engineering and technological talents with intercultural communicative competence to adapt to the new situation. In the context of the continuous promotion of the “Belt and Road” initiative, this research conducts study on the intercultural communicative competence of engineering and scientific talents, analyzes the current situation of the cultivation of engineering and scientific talents’ intercultural communicative competence, summarizes and combs the current problems and reasons, and attempts to propose solutions.
Key words: The “Belt and Road” initiative; Engineering and technology talents; Intercultural communicative skills; China

Authors

Dr. Hang Zhang Jining Normal University [biography]

Hang Zhang is working as a lecturer in Jining Normal University,China. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English from Tianjin Foreign Studies University in 2002, and Master’s degree in Higher Education from Guangxi Normal University in 2009, and PH.D in Educational Economics and Management in Beihang University in 2021. She studied as a visiting scholar in School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington,USA. Hang Zhang's academic interests include global comparative education, engineering education, higher education administration and entrepreneurship education. She possesses rich teaching and training experiences in higher education.
Xinyao Song [biography]

Xinyao Song is a master's student at the Graduate School of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China. She received B.A. in North China Institute of Science and Technology. She is interested in comparative higher education.Now her research interest focuses on the digital education in higher education.
Dr. Ming Li Beijing Foreign Studies University [biography]

Ming Li is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China. He received B.A. in Qingdao Agricultural University, M.Ed. in Shandong Normal University, and Ph.D. in Beihang University. From March 2013 to June 2013, he studied in School of Engineering Education at Purdue University as a visiting scholar. After obtaining the PhD title, he worked as a postdoctor at the Institute of Education, Tsinghua University. He is interested in higher education administration as well as engineering education. Now his research interest focuses on the quality assurance in higher education, especially quality assurance in engineering education.

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