On the morning of March 19, 2026, in order to implement the cooperation agreement to assist the School of Applied Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University in promoting internship, employment, and entrepreneurship for foreign students, CPEC invited the head of SBA Stone Forest Corporate Advisory (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch to Beijing Language and Culture University for talks and coordination with the school leaders.

SBA Stone Forest is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Stone Forest Group in China. It is a group of enterprise consulting and accounting firms with over 20 years of industry experience, headquartered in Shanghai and with branches in Beijing, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Hong Kong. It can provide comprehensive assistance to Chinese enterprises in achieving internationalization and expanding business globally. Its parent company Singapore Stone Forest Group, a large accounting firm established in 1985, is the largest accounting firm in Singapore and even globally, apart from the "Big Four".

On the afternoon, CPEC leader accompanied the leaders of the School to visit German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing Co.,Ltd and listened to the introduction. Both parties had a discussion on the internship and employment of foreign students and expressed their willingness to cooperate.

German Centre for Industry and Trade Beijing Co.,Ltd was established in 1997 in accordance with the agreement between the governments of China and Germany. The company is wholly owned by Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) in Germany, mainly provides consulting, advisory services, and business services to small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany and internationally, as well as renting and subletting office space.