The Eighth International Education Fair, organized by the University of Veracruz in Mexico, was held from October 12 to 16 through the ZOOM platform of the University of Veracruz. At the opening ceremony on the 12th, Dr. Sara Radero de Guevara Gonzalez, president of the University of Veracruz, was present and gave a welcome speech. The Educational Fair has brought together national and international universities, academic institutions, embassies and other organizations to provide a platform for educational options and educational exchange and cooperation for students and research institutions of the University of Veracruz and other universities. Prof. Zhou Qihui from our school was invited to give a keynote entitled "Overseas Study in China at Chongqing University of Science and Technology" on the 16th. In his speech, Prof. Zhou first gave a brief overview of the city Chongqing, and then gave a detailed introduction to the international student program at CQUST, from exchange programs to training courses, from non-degree education to academic education, and from undergraduate and graduate major arrangement to study abroad application procedures.

It was reported that 20 representatives from 19 higher education institutions, embassies and international organizations from Canada, France, Japan, Britain, Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, China, Ireland and Mexico spoke at the Expo. The Educational Expo has been held for eight consecutive years since 2013, with the first seven conducted offline, which allowed direct dialogue and exchange between the on-site exhibitions and presenters. This year, for the first time due to the COVID pandemic, it was switched to online. After the expo, students and various research institutions can contact the relevant institutions from each country about projects of interest.