From May 16 to 17, the 2026 Annual Conference of the National Committee for Translation and Interpreting Education and the 2026 National Annual Conference on Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) Education were held in Guangxi. As a member of the National Committee for Translation and Interpreting Education, President Qin He attended the conference.
President Qin He at the opening ceremony of the 2026 National Annual Conference on MTI Education
The 2026 National Annual Conference on MTI Education was hosted by the China National Committee for Graduate Education of Translation and Interpreting (GETI) and organized by Guangxi University. Attendees included Mr. Yu Tao, vice president of the China International Communications Group (CICG) and Chairman of the National Committee for Translation and Interpreting Education; Mr. Huang Youyi, former president and editor-in-chief of CICG and director of the Expert Committee of the GETI; Mr. Fu Yuanfang, deputy director-general of the Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Mr. Yang Jianping, secretary of the Party Committee and director of the CICG Asia-Pacific, and vice chairman of the GETI; Mr. Ding Zhitao, editor-in-chief of Foreign Languages Press; along with nearly 700 participants, including committee members of the National Committee and experts and scholars from universities across the country.
The venue of the 2026 National Annual Conference on MTI Education
The annual conference, themed “Digital Intelligence Empowerment, Integrated Innovation – Building a Future-Oriented High-Level Translation Talent Cultivation System,” featured keynote reports, a book donation ceremony for international publicity, a large language model launch, roundtable discussions, and thematic exchange sessions.
During the roundtable session, five universities – Jilin International Studies University, China Foreign Affairs University, Wuhan University, Jinan University, and Guangxi University -engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as high-level translation talent cultivation Professor Pan Weimin, Dean of the Graduate School of Translation and Interpreting, delivered a special presentation on behalf of the university.
Source: Publicity Department
