Dean Shiwei Wu is a distinguished expert in international higher education, a pioneering founder of cross-border vocational education standard systems, and a strategist in cross-cultural management. He currently serves as Founder and Dean of Silk Road Business School (SRBS), France, and Chairman of SRVE-International Organization for Accreditation and Certification. As an industry leader who has lived and worked in Europe for many years and has broad international influence in global higher education innovation, multilateral economic and trade exchange, and the construction of international talent supply chains, Dean Wu has long stood at the forefront of global education governance and regional economic coordination. Drawing on decades of experience in transnational education institution management, acute insight into international geopolitical and industrial trends, and extensive capacity for integrating cross-border resources, he has made landmark contributions to breaking down barriers in international education, reshaping cross-border vocational skills certification standards, and establishing high-level international platforms for industrial talent incubation.
As an interdisciplinary pioneer who deeply integrates innovation on the supply side of global education with multilateral industrial demand, Dean Wu’s research and professional practice focus on the construction of international vocational education standards and certification systems, cross-cultural organizational management behavior, innovation in global higher education models, and international economic, trade, and industrial cooperation along the Belt and Road. With a broad geostrategic vision, he founded Silk Road Business School in France and creatively developed an international talent training matrix and global university–enterprise cooperation ecosystem highly aligned with the Belt and Road Initiative. To address the persistent challenge of inconsistent skills standards in transnational talent mobility, he has led the development of an internationally oriented vocational education standards and certification system, successfully transforming traditional single-country vocational training into a globally transferable knowledge and skills value chain. This has provided robust talent and technical support for the cross-border implementation of global health, digital intelligence, and modern service industries.
With many years of dedication to international education diplomacy and deep transnational industrial integration, Dean Wu has achieved remarkable accomplishments in landmark platform construction, multilateral strategic project implementation, and the development of global collaborative ecosystems. As a core organizer and leading figure, he has proactively promoted comprehensive and multidimensional integration among China, Europe, and Africa in industry–academia–research cooperation, university–enterprise collaboration, international talent mobility, and cross-border industrial coordination. Dean Wu has successfully integrated advanced European business education paradigms with the development potential of emerging markets, transforming them into a core driving force for the global expansion of enterprises and multilateral economic prosperity. He continues to guide innovation in global cross-border vocational education and the integration of geopolitical business ecosystems.