From June 11th to 13th, the 2025 World Transport Convention (WTC), jointly hosted by the China Highway and Transportation Society, the China Institute of Navigation, the China Railway Society, the Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the China Society of Automotive Engineers, the China Air Transport Association, and the Jiangsu Provincial Comprehensive Transportation Society, was held at the Suzhou International Conference Hotel in Jiangsu Province. Themed“Towards a Sustainable Integrated Transportation System”, the conference aimed to outline a new vision for sustainable integrated transportation.

As a member unit of the WTC International Student Working Committee, our university actively organized international students to submit papers. After rigorous review by conference experts, the paper by ERRAIS AYMAN, a Moroccan master’s student in Transportation Engineering, was awarded as an outstanding paper and he was invited to present at the WTC 2025 International Student Forum. In his report, ERRAIS AYMAN analyzed the key role of artificial intelligence technology in intelligent transportation systems, focusing on the application cases of machine learning, computer vision, and big data analysis in traffic management, autonomous driving, and smart cities. In addition, he also discussed the ethical and safety issues of AI technology in transportation systems, suggesting the establishment of a more comprehensive regulatory framework to achieve sustainable technological development.

During the conference, our international students also participated in the“Perceiving China”series of activities. At Suzhou University, students from more than ten universities visited the beautiful campus ofSuzhouUniversity, exchanging ideas and enhancing friendship. At the Suzhou Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, international students learned that Suzhou is a city that combines economic vitality and cultural heritage, and its urban planning perfectly interprets the deep integration of historical and cultural inheritance and modern technological development, demonstrating the advanced concept of sustainable development. The students also participated in intangible cultural heritage experiences such as traditional Chinese wooden architectural techniques and lacquer fan making. Under the guidance of intangible cultural heritage inheritors, international students personally tried to build traditional mortise and tenon structures, truly feeling the exquisite craftsmanship of traditional Chinese architecture and the infinite wisdom of the ancient Chinese working people.

After the event, MANGGADA GUMAWA WINDU (Wen Ran), a doctoral student from Indonesia at our university, said:“By participating in the World Transport Convention, I have improved my academic level and international vision. The‘Perceiving China’activity not only enhanced our exchanges with outstanding students from other universities but also allowed me to understand China’s traditional culture and modern development achievements, and also feel the beauty of the Jiangnan water town.”