Prof. Yao Weixin, Dean of International Cultural Exchange School at Donghua University, says that the growing number of Pakistani youth studying at Donghua University, Shanghai will contribute to the construction of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Belt and Road Initiative and in the future and it will also provide more professionals to Pakistan. DHU is a world-class and high-level research university focusing on textiles, materials, and costume designing. It has absorbed a large number of Pakistani students and trained them into professional talents.
Over the years, Donghua University has made unremitting efforts for technical cooperation and talent training in the textile industry to construct the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2017, it was approved to be the host institution of the National Silk Road Scholarship. In September of the same year, DHU welcomed the first batch of 30 students who obtained the scholarship, 14 of whom were Pakistani students. Up to now, 62 Pakistani students have won this scholarship.
On December 8, 2018, a total of 33 textile-related universities from 19 countries formally established the World Textile University Alliance. The Alliance aims to strengthen higher education, the textile industry, fashion design, and technology-related exchanges and mutual learning among all countries, particularly along the Belt and Road. Donghua University has joined hands with the National Textile University of Pakistan to become a founding member of the WTUA, according to Prof. Yao.
