On the morning of November 3, 2023, the Beijing Forum (2023) officially launched the Digital Intelligence Education Development International University Alliance (DI-IDEA) project. From November 3rd to 4th, the ninth sub-forum of the Beijing Forum (2023), hosted by the Department of International Cooperation, Office of Academic Affairs, and the Center for Faculty Teaching Development of Peking University, was held at the Science Lecture Hall of Zhongguan New Garden, Peking University. This sub-forum was the first member activity of the DI-IDEA, where renowned experts and scholars from Asia, Europe, and America gathered at Yan Garden to discuss 'Digital Intelligence Education Development International Innovation Forum: Digitalization and the Future of Global Higher Education,' addressing the development of global higher education in the era of digitalization and intelligence.

On the afternoon of February 29, 2024, the first working meeting of theDigital Intelligence International Development Education Alliance (DI-IDEA) was held simultaneously online and offline. Gong Qihuang, President of Peking University, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. More than 20 people from the University of Cambridge, University of Strathclyde, University of Auckland, Korea University, American University of Sharjah, Mahidol University, University of Malaya, as well as Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Macau, Fudan University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Wuhan University, etc. Leaders and representatives of the alliance’s member universities attended the meeting.

On March 26, 2024, the Digital Intelligence International Development Education Alliance (DI-IDEA) held a symposium on “AI-Powered Pedagogy: Designing the Future of Education” at the University of Cambridge. The seminar was hosted by the Digital Education Futures Initiative at the University of Cambridge, which is a member of DI-IDEA. More than 130 education scholars, administrators and industry specialists from all over the world gathered at the University of Cambridge to discuss how artificial intelligence can empower education and explore future development trends in digital education.

On November 9th, Peking University's PKUnet (New faculty Excellent Teaching Plan, Peking University) and the University of Cambridge's Camtree (Cambridge Teacher Research Exchange) co-hosted a teaching salon themed "Generative Artificial Intelligence Applications in Higher Education". The seminar featured speakers including Patrick Carmichael, Executive Director of Camtree at the University of Cambridge, Assistant Professor Liang Xingkun from the Department of Information Management at Peking University, and Mo Fanyang, Associate Professor from the College of Materials Science and Engineering. Professor Lin Fengmin, Deputy Director of the Center for Faculty Teaching Development, presided over the event.

Peking University New Faculty Excellent Teaching (PKUnet) has officially launched on the Cambridge University Camtree (Cambridge Teacher Research Exchange) platform. Visit the address: PKUnet: Peking University New Faculty Excellent Teaching (camtree.org).

From January 15th to 19th, Gong Qihuang, President of Peking University and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, went to Davos, Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum and the Global University Leaders Forum, and visited the World Trade Organization, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lisbon, and Coimbre partner institutions and universities such as La University.