Ms. Katerina Rowe, Director of the International Relations Department of ITBCB and Mr. Josef Vrchota, her assistant, visited SFTC on December 18, 2017. Prof. Diao Jiandong, President of SFTC and Ms. Cui Wei, Director of the Office of International Programs and some department heads received the guests.

Prof. Diao briefed the guests on the progress made between the two colleges on teaching resources and teachers exchanges, textbooks co-compiling, and the “overseas business representatives” training program. Later on the meeting, Ms. Cui Wei, SFTC department heads and the guests talked on further enhancement of the joint training program, the student exchange schedule for 2018. Ms. Rowe showed her gratitude to SFTC and promised to make better arrangements for SFTC exchange students and teachers in 2018. The two sides agreed on the 2018 student and teacher exchange program, including a 2nd patch of 3 ITBCB students would be sent to SFTC in March, 10 SFTC students and 4 teachers would go to Czech in March, and May, and ITBCB's 3rd patch of exchange students would arrive China in July.