Posted on Oct.20, 2026 by Dong Quanyue|Qingdao Vocational and Technical College of Hotel Management
The Qingdao phase training of the MOFCOM foreign aid training program Seminar on Capacity Building of AI-based Natural Disaster Early Warning for Developing Countries, co-organized by the college and entrusted to Guangxi International Business Vocational College, kicked off at the Hismile Digital Hotel of our college on October 19. Fifteen government officials, researchers and technicians from five countries, namely Trinidad and Tobago, South Sudan, Jordan, Panama and Thailand, will receive six-day training in Qingdao.
In his speech, President Han Xiqing introduced the college’s school-running features, achievements in digital campus construction and international education. He stated that natural disasters pose a shared challenge to humanity. Leveraging new technologies such as artificial intelligence to improve disaster early warning capacity meets the common aspiration of people of all countries and serves as a vivid practice in building a community with a shared future for mankind.
The seminar actively responds to the Belt and Road Initiative for educational cooperation and helps countries jointly tackle natural disasters, carrying far-reaching significance.
The training program was developed by the School of Continuing Education. It integrates resources from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao City Exhibition Hall, Qingdao Guoshi Technology Group and other institutions.
Courses cover AI early warning, disaster risk management and digital governance. Participants will learn about China’s practices in urban safety, smart emergency response and marine disaster early warning, and discuss effective approaches to empowering natural disaster early warning with AI.
This marks the college’s first cross-disciplinary foreign-related training program. It has strengthened our capability to integrate training resources and accumulated valuable experience for future similar international cooperation projects.
