On November 2, the International Research and Training Center for Science and Technology Strategy (CISTRAT) convened an international symposium on “STI Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries”. At the meeting, Hu Zhijian, CASTED President and CISTRAT Executive Director, Ding Minglei, associate research fellow at CASTED Institute of Comprehensive Development, Xiang Junyong, research fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, Yoslan Nur, UNESCO Programme Specialist, and Miltos Ladikas, research fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, each gave a keynote speech, with topics including “China’s STI Trends and Developments”, “Promoting Innovation Culture and Advancing Sustainable Development”, “Infrastructure Investment under the Framework of BRI”, “Building the Belt and Road Together in Advancement of STI”, and “S&T Research Methods from the Global Perspective”. After the keynote session, the guests and the audience including more than 50 foreign trainees had discussions on relevant topics.