12月2日，北京王府学校、外交学院与中国教育发展基金会的合作签约仪式隆重举行，王府学校深耕已久的外交人才培养模式探索，再次走到新的历史节点。
仪式上，中国驻美国大使馆教育处原公使衔参赞教育部国际司原司长、北京王府校区总督导岑建君首先致欢迎辞，并表示此次合作将为践行家校及社会的协同创新发展模式、深化推动王府学校教学改革、拓宽学生国际视野、培养具有家国情怀的国际人才奠定坚实基础。
对于国家来说，2021年是“两个一百年”的历史交汇点，也是十四五规划的开局之年；对于王府学校来说，2021年是学校建校25周年，同时也是学校发展下一个25年的谋篇布局之年，在这样具有里程碑意义的时代背景下，北京王府学校与外交学院、中国教育发展基金会达成长期合作，将就复合型外交人才培养建立全面深度的战略合作，充分发挥双方的优势，合作共赢。
在多方见证下，北京王府学校、外交学院和中国教育发展基金会就优秀学生教师国际交流合作签署捐赠资金协议，外交学院与北京王府学校双方就青年外交官项目签署战略合作协议。
▲北京王府学校、外交学院和中国教育发展基金会三方签署捐赠资金协议
合作签约后，外交学院院长、党委副书记徐坚发表现场讲话。徐坚院长对外交学院的人才培养模式、发展历程等进行了全面介绍，并表示北京王府学校作为中外合作制学校的一面标志性旗帜，一直以来都是青少年国际教育的领航者，王广发总校长作为外交学院从前的董事，与外交学院情谊深厚，长久以来都保持着良好的合作伙伴关系。外交学院将合理使用王府学校的捐赠资金和中国教育发展基金会的配套资金，设立王府奖学金项目，用于培养和鼓励外交学院的优秀学生、青年教师赴海外一流的高校或研究机构交流学习，同时将与王府学校开展青少年外交官师资交流等合作项目，为国家培养更多服务于外交外事领域的一流人才。中国教育发展基金会处长王蕊对近年来王府学校以建设智慧校园为目标，在移动教学领域取得的丰硕办学成果表示祝贺，同时感谢北京王府学校的捐赠以及外交学院在培养外交人才上的辛勤耕耘，并表示中国教育发展基金会和外交学院合作由来已久，尤其基金会还承担着财政配比工作的审核任务，希望能以此次王府学校捐赠为契机，助力外交学院能培养出更多具有全球视野的一流外交人才，输送给祖国外交事业，推动构建人类命运共同体，开创中国特色大国外交新局面，为全面建设社会主义现代化强国做出应有贡献。法政集团党委书记、董事长，法政国际教育创始人，北京王府学校总校长王广发评价此次合作签约“意义重大”，并表示从前在外交学院担任董事期间，就对外交学院的一流外交官人才培养机制和打造顶尖外交人才培养标准制高点有着深刻印象，外交学院培养了一批又一批杰出的外交官，他们代表国家在国际事务中扮演重要角色，在复杂的国际关系中，助力国际国内融合发展和人类命运共同体的伟大构建；王广发校长表示北京王府学校作为为数不多获得WASC国际认证的学校，深耕国际教育25载，与国际全面接轨，在复合型国际人才培养上，尤其是在广大外交官子女回国后的课程衔接上提供了有力平台，希望此次的捐赠能成为外交学院培养更多高精尖国际人才的助力，成为王府学校为学子搭建更优质外交人才培养平台的助力；同时王广发校长对全体王府学子未来走向国际舞台，成为具有国际视野，通晓国际规则，参与国际事务和国际竞争的应用型、复合型人才提出了深切期望。作为北京市首家中外合作制学校，北京王府学校始终以“培养具有全球胜任力的复合型精英领袖人才”作为育人目标，在顺应时代变革及社会历史发展的背景下，依托教育部基础教育课程教材发展中心校本课程建设项目，开设“青年外交官项目”，有效实现小、初、高一体化青年外交官全学段培养体系的搭建。
▲倡导“从娃娃抓起”的“青少年外交官”项目让每一个孩子收获成长与蜕变
多年来，王府学校通过邀请外交官进校园、聘请资深外交官主持学生培养工作等，打造链接国际的一流教育平台；通过在校园内组织国际知识竞赛、模拟联合国、礼宾礼仪大赛以及国际辩论赛等活动，开展与国际接轨的文化交流，让学子在多元活动中提升跨文化交流能力，不断强化国际理解教育。
▲2020年9月3日，资深外交官罗林泉大使亲临王府学校做“我亲历的外交工作”专题讲座并与学子近距离交流
从2003年作为国内首家中外合作办学机构的先行先试，教育部基础教育课程教材发展中心课程改革实验示范，到国内首家中学与外交学院签署合作协议的开拓引领，北京王府学校与国内国际合作不断加深，外交人才创新模式培养之路在探索中不断延伸。
▲2021年4月28日，“中国情怀 · 国际视野” 少年说暨《新时代·再出发：国际理解教育行动策略》报告发布会在北京王府学校举办
着眼未来，迈向国际化的时代已经到来，中国和平崛起的步伐呼唤着越来越多掌握多门语言和具备跨文化沟通能力的复合型人才走向国际，扛起中国担当。
我们坚信，外交学院和王府学校的合作，必将推动全体王府学子顺势起航，将助力更多生力军带着智慧、责任与情怀走向世界舞台，担当国家与国际治理的重要使命，助力中国特色大国外交，成为推动世界和平发展的中国力量。
▲外交学院及中国教育发展基金会领导在卫星教室交流了解王府先进信息化教育手段
▲外交学院及中国教育发展基金会领导驻足了解法政集团发展大事记
On December 2nd, 2021, Beijing Royal School welcomed leaders from China Education Development Foundation and China Foreign Affairs University to our campus for a strategic cooperation and donation signing ceremony. Chief Supervisor of Beijing Royal Campus, Mr. Cen Jianjun, the former Minister Counselor of Education for the Embassy of China in the United States, addressed the attendees with a welcome speech. He said that the cooperation will lay a solid foundation for practicing an innovative collaboration model of school, family and society, deepening the teaching reform of BRS, broadening the international vision of our students, and cultivating international talents with a sense of social responsibility and patriotic spirit.The ceremony held a presentation via video of the achievements of the Young Diplomats Program since its inception at BRS. BRS has launched the Young Diplomats program, designed to cultivate our student’s versatility in the following disciplines: effective communication in multiple languages, critical thinking, keeping abreast of international hotspot issues, maintaining an inclusive mindset for understanding cultural differences, and successfully navigating in different linguistic and cultural environments, and has finished the construction of an integrated school-wide cultivation system of young diplomats for primary, junior and senior high students. The school has strengthened education for international understanding by inviting diplomats on campus to give lectures, hiring senior diplomats to preside over student development and cultivation, as well as organizing various campus activities such as international events and debate competitions.Mr. Xu Jian, President and Deputy Secretary of CPC Committee of China Foreign Affairs University, said that Beijing Royal School, as a landmark of Sino-foreign cooperative schools, has been a pacesetter in international education for Chinese youth. President Xu Jian gave a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy and history of talent cultivation at China Foreign Affairs University and said that the school will make the best use of the donation funds from Beijing Royal School, and establish the BRS Scholarship Program to sponsor exemplary students and young teachers for studying in top-tier overseas universities and research institutions, and will also cooperate with BRS on programs such as Young Diplomats Program to cultivate more outstanding diplomatic talents for the country.Ms. Wang Rui, Director of China Education Development Foundation congratulated BRS for its achievements in the field of mobile teaching in recent years with the goal of building a smart campus, and thanked BRS for its donation and China Foreign Affairs University for its hard work in cultivating diplomatic talents. She said that China Education Development Foundation and China Foreign Affairs University have a long history of cooperation, especially the Foundation which also undertakes the responsibility of audit work of fiscal ratio. She expressed her hope that the donation from BRS would be used to help China Foreign Affairs University cultivate more outstanding diplomatic talents for the diplomatic careers of the country.BRS Chief Principal Wang Guangfa commented, 'Today's event is very significant.' During his previous tenure on the Board of Directors at China Foreign Affairs University, Principal Wang Guangfa was impressed by the school’s high level of cultivating diplomatic talents, who play an important role in international affairs on behalf of their countries and contribute significantly to the development of international relations. Principal Wang Guangfa introduced that Beijing Royal School, as one of the few WASC-accredited schools in China, has been committed to international education for 25 years and has integrated into the international community at a high level. Principal Wang Guangfa expressed his earnest expectations for all BRS students to become qualified talents who have an international vision, with a good command of international rules and regulations, and the competence to engage in international affairs and compete at an international level in the future.The event was a resounding success with a strategic cooperation agreement between BRS and China Foreign Affairs University and a donation agreement of the three parties was reached at the end. We are confident that the concerted efforts of the three parties will better promote BRS to achieve its school goal, which is to prepare the students to have global vision and competence, and to prepare them to share the stories of China in the international arena.