On April 10th, SFTC witnessed the inauguration of the two Program-development Directing Committees (PDCs) for Foreign Languages and for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade. The two PDCs had joint approvals from the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province. The PDCs’ will oversee the development of the above-mentioned programs of all vocational colleges in the province. In the inauguration ceremony, the Charts and the main working plan for 2016 of the two PDCs were discussed and approved by the member units. Ms. Lv Wei, Deputy Director General of the Shandong provincial Department of Commerce, delivered a keynote speech in the ceremony. Letters of Appointment were conferred to all the Standing Members of the two PDCs.