Old "liberal education" in today's higher education in the new development, the university not only from the concept level in-depth discussions boya education connotation, also in the practical level to explore boya education concept and modern university education combining the content and way.

In order to further explore boya education idea and goal, in-depth communication university at home and abroad to carry out the liberal arts education experience, Shared vision of liberal education in the future, by the former President of fudan university, ningbo Nottingham university President Yang fujia academician of mounting international symposium on "liberal education" has been successfully held twice, in 2014 by ningbo university of Nottingham to undertake, held by the nanyang technological university in Singapore in 2016.Two session of the meeting invited from Yale university, university of Nottingham, nanyang technological university in Singapore, the university of macau, the Chinese university of Hong Kong, lingnan university, Taiwan, Peking University, tsinghua university, fudan university and other famous universities of the principal, scholars to attend, definition of a liberal arts education, the concept and practice has made a more clear understanding and the understanding of university to strengthen university in Asia and Europe and the exchanges and cooperation in the form of broad consensus.