According to news released by Hubei Provincial Department of Education, the program of international economy and trade presented by HUAT was added to the list of pilot project of comprehensive academic program reform in 2015.

The approved provincial projects will last three years during which HUAT will provide funding and policy support. Each team of the projects will have to set up a clear target to deepen the reform and make sure the pilot project be successful as well as more distinctive in features so as to further improve academic talents training.

The pilot projects aim to support the reform of talents training modes of universities and highlight the advantages of academic characteristics. The work centers around comprehensive reform of talents training modes, teaching teams, textbooks, teaching methods and teaching management etc as well as strengthening of connotation of the program so as to promote the overall level of talents training and form programs with advanced educational ideas, remarkable results and more distinctive features.