National Chung Cheng University held the “Bilingual Program Showcase and Benchmarking Experience-Sharing Tea Gathering” on March 6, marking a significant milestone in the fifth year of the Program for Promoting Bilingual Education for Students in Focus Universities. The event highlighted the university’s progress in EMI faculty development and administrative support mechanisms. It brought together faculty members and administrators from both within and beyond the university to exchange insights and strengthen cross-institutional collaboration in advancing institutionalized bilingual education.

The event took place at the Center for Language Studies and opened with remarks from President Shaw-Jenq Tsai. The program featured a keynote speech by Professor Shu-Chen Ou, Provost of National Sun Yat-sen University, who shared best practices for implementing university-wide bilingual initiatives. The event included presentations by outstanding EMI instructors on course design and a poster exhibition that showcased innovative teaching practices. A four-in-one roundtable session addressed key aspects of bilingual campus development, including faculty incentive systems, teacher training, event planning, and administrative support structures, providing a comprehensive overview of the university’s integrated approach to bilingual education.

President Tsai noted, “To accomplish the right things, we are not afraid of difficulties.” Director Gina Chen of the Center for Language Studies further emphasized, “In Minxiong, a non-metropolitan town, National Chung Cheng University has taken on the responsibility of narrowing urban–rural disparities through sustained efforts to build a bilingual campus. This achievement-sharing event marked an important milestone in the fifth year of the program and laid a strong foundation for our internationalization.”

To ensure continuous teaching quality, the university’s institutional resource center actively developed an inter-institutional EMI Teacher Community of Practice as a platform for faculty professional development. Through cross-institutional exchanges, collaborative lesson planning, and classroom observation, instructors engaged in dialogues on teaching strategies and explored effective EMI pedagogical models. This community-based mechanism not only promoted interdisciplinary collaboration but also gradually shaped bilingual learning as a new campus norm, allowing language learning and disciplinary knowledge to be naturally integrated in the classroom.

Through achievement showcases, faculty sharing sessions, and cross-institutional dialogues, National Chung Cheng University strengthened bilingual education from strategic implementation toward sustainable development, while shaping a model of bilingual education with regional influence and broader impact.