In the afternoon of September 27 2019, 23 international business students, exchange students and some IMBA students of the 2019 grade under the leadership of Teacher Zhang Jun, a teacher of Regional Economics, entered Wuhan Donghu New Technology Development Zone Government Service Center together and Biological City of optical valley,to learn about the economic development of Wuhan. Huang Xiaowei, the international education officer of EMS, and Chen Xinji, the international education secretary, accompanied with the group. The staff of the Government Service Center and the optical valley Biological City warmly welcomed the visited teachers and students.

At the beginning,The teachers and students walked into the Donghu New Technology Development Zone Government Service Center. Under the guidance of the interpreter, they learned about the Hubei Wuhan (China) Free Trade Demonstration Zone in the Donghu National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, which is represented by "China Optics Valley" Wuhan’s historical background, development status, future development and planning, and visited and browsed many excellent high-tech enterprise promotion columns rooted in Optics Valley. At the same time, the students also experienced some interesting high-tech project activities.

Later, the delegation visited the optical valley Biocity Innovation Achievement Exhibition and Trading Hall. It was learned that the optical valley biocity was started in November 2008 and focused on biomedicine, biomedical engineering, bioagriculture, precision diagnosis, smart medicine, Biological services and other fields, to create a new bio-industry city that integrates research and development, incubation, production, logistics, and life.

In order to strengthen the deeper communication between International students and Chinese students in other majors, this is the first time that EMS has tried to organize a joint mobile classroom activity between international students and IMBA students. The international students participating in this activity reflect that such activities are very meaningful. And they hope there will be more platforms for communication with Chinese students, and more diverse study and discussion activities in the future.

Since 2014, in order to better carry out internationalized English teaching and develop a curriculum that better meets the needs of international students,EMS has opened international programs such as economics and management courses for undergraduate students, international business courses for masters.At present, there are more than 300 students studying undergraduate programs and nearly 40 students studying masters programs in international business. In order to improve the practical ability of international students, EMS will further strengthen the training of related skills such as the internship practice of international students in China.