On the morning ofNovember 25, the opening ceremony of 2018 Training Class of Public Diplomacy co-hosted byGuangdongPublicDiplomacyAssociation, Shanghai PublicDiplomacyAssociation and Qingtian PublicDiplomacyAssociation was held at the international conference hall in the AcademicExchangeCenter of GDUFS. Attendees of thisceremony includedschool leaders of GDUFS, FU Lang, StandingVice President ofGuangdongPublicDiplomacyAssociation, LI Fenghua, StandingVice President of Shanghai PublicDiplomacyAssociation, as well as about 120 trainees from Guangdong province and six other provinces in East China working on foreign affairs. The ceremony was hosted by JIAO Fangtai. SHI Youqi, President of GDUFS, delivered a speech and pointed out that diplomatic training bears great importance in the new era. He also encouraged the trainees to study hard and make greater contributions to the diplomatic undertakings in a socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. LI Fenghua and FU Lang delivered speeches on behalf of Shanghai PublicDiplomacyAssociationandGuangdongPublicDiplomacyAssociation respectively. After the ceremony, the one-week training started. The training class was undertaken by SOB andseveral experts and scholarswere invitedto teach trainees diplomatic theories and practical skills. It was aimed to improve trainees’ understandingof majorpower foreign policy with Chinese characteristics in the new era and their ability of adjusting to thedevelopment of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, thus cultivating talents for foreign affairs.