Sun Jisheng, vice-president of China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), met with Hlengiwe Bhengu, deputy director-general of finance and chief financial officer of South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), in Beijing on April 15.

Sun Jisheng, vice-president of China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), and Hlengiwe Bhengu (R), deputy director-general of finance and chief financial officer of South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), pose for a group photo at the CFAU in Beijing on April 15.

The meeting was also attended by Ma Xinyu, director of the CFAU Foreign Affairs Office, and Qu Dan, the office's deputy director.

Sun introduced the CFAU's educational features and course resources, and reviewed the diplomat training program conducted last year for South Africa's DIRCO. She also provided an overview of the programs being offered by the School of International Economics and Trade of the CFAU, as well as AI-related courses at the university.

Sun expressed the hope that both sides would strengthen exchanges in diplomat training programs and expert lectures, and further deepen their cooperation.

For her part, Bhengu gave a briefing on the diplomat training programs at the DIRCO Diplomatic Academy.

She also expressed a willingness to boost cooperation with the CFAU in such areas as diplomatic capacity building and exchange programs, and draw on the CFAU's educational experience to provide South African diplomats with training on China's foreign policy, regional cooperation and global partnerships.

Members of the South African delegation visit the Research Center on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity.

The South African delegation also visited the Research Center on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity, where Li Zhengyang from its secretariat briefed them on the center's mission and achievements since its establishment.