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 From November 14th to 16th, the first Protein Purification and Analysis Skills Competition of the 2025 Belt & Road and BRICS Skills Development and Technological Innovation Competition was successfully concluded at Shanghai Vocational and Technical College of Agriculture and Forestry. The School of Biological Engineering of our university sent two teams, one undergraduate and one vocational, to participate in the competition.The undergraduate team, composed of Liu Duo and Zhao Jingnan, students majoring in Synthetic Biotechnology, won the Gold Award (First Prize) in the undergraduate group. The vocational team, consisting of Li Jingyi and Li Shaonan, students majoring in Biological Products Inspection and Quarantine, received the Silver Award in the vocational group. Teachers Li Xingjuan and Yu Ran, full-time instructors from the Biotechnology Department, were awarded the title of Excellent Instructors. Our university was also honored as the Best Organizing Unit.

 It is reported that the BRICS Skills Development and Technological Innovation Competition is an important international event officially recognized by the BRICS countries. It is hosted by the International Alliance of Skills Development for Belt & Road and BRICS, and co-hosted by the Center for International People-to-People Exchanges of the Ministry of Education, among others. Since 2017, the competition has been organizing events in accordance with General Secretary Xi Jinping's requirements for international people-to-people exchanges and the joint cultivation of international talents. This event has been included in the official competition whitelist for regular undergraduate universities, providing a valuable opportunity for exchanges and mutual learning with application-oriented undergraduate institutions.

 Winning the gold award (first prize) in the undergraduate group on our debut marks another breakthrough for the School of Biological Engineering in this competition. So far this year, the school has accumulated a total of 3 first prizes and 2 second prizes in various competitions. In the future, the school will continue to deepen the mechanism of "promoting teaching through competitions and promoting learning through competitions", integrate teaching content with industry standards, strengthen students' engineering practice ability and professional quality, and contribute to cultivating high-end technical and skilled talents with an international perspective.