14 November 2024 at 10:30 am
New Zealand to be Country of Honour at the China Annual Conference and Expo for International Education (CACIE) 2025
At this year’s CACIE 2024 in Beijing, it was announced that New Zealand would be Country of Honour in 2025. This will bring many opportunities for New Zealand education providers at next year’s conference.
ENZ Chief Executive Amanda Malu was recently in Beijing attending the China Annual Conference and Expo for International Education (CACIE). There, as part of the announcement, Amanda gave a keynote speech at the CACIE Night gala dinner and highlighted the broad and important education links between New Zealand and China. New Zealand was previously Country of Honour at CACIE in 2015.
CACIE is the largest annual international education event for businesses and students in China. Over 20,000 visitors attended the expo, with an estimated 5,000 people in the audience at the opening plenary.
There are ample opportunities to showcase New Zealand at 2025 CACIE and leverage our COH status to raise awareness of New Zealand through a strong in-person presence, New Zealand-focused events, cultural performances and media engagements.
The ENZ team will work through peak bodies on feedback and input from the sector on the New Zealand presence and events at CACIE.
In the meantime, keep an eye on the CACIE website where the 2025 dates and conference theme will be announced soon, or reach out to your ENZ Business Development Manager if you have any questions or ideas to share.
Highlights from New Zealand’s presence at this year’s conference
Amanda met with LIU Limen, President of the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE). The association is the host and organiser of the conference.
ENZ partnered with Tourism New Zealand to deliver the New Zealand Study Tours: Engaging in Quality Education and Success Pathways roundtable session which was opened with remarks by H.E. Grahame Morton, New Zealand Ambassador to People’s Republic of China. It was well attended; it became standing room only in the seminar room.
The New Zealand pavilion comprised of twelve New Zealand institutions. All eight universities, Te Pūkenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, ACG schools, Pacific International Hotel Management School, and New Zealand Tertiary College joined ENZ on the pavilion.
