Recently, Shandong University of Art and Design officially partnered with the Asia Pacific Designers Federation (APDF) and successfully signed a cooperation agreement, earning the honor of joining the APDF Ivy League Universities Alliance. This prestigious alliance includes leading domestic and international institutions such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Communication University of China, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Chile, and Spain's IE School of Architecture and Design. The addition of Shandong University of Art and Design further strengthens the alliance's roster. Moving forward, the two parties will focus on key areas such as the development of industry-academia-research integration in design education and platform co-construction. They aim to explore collaborative potential, pool resources, and jointly propel design education to new heights.

At 10:00 a.m. on November 23, 2024, the Press Conference for the 3rd North American International UniArts Festival and the First IAI International Cultural Creative Award was grandly held at the "Longitude and Latitude Plaza" exhibition hall in Shanghai. The event was jointly organized by the American Academy of World Art Studies, the North America-China Council, and the Asia-Pacific Designers Federation, attracting prominent figures from the art, design, and photography communities in New York, Seattle, Japan, and various cities across China, including Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, and Xiamen. Together, they gathered to witness this remarkable occasion.

On October 13, 2024, Manuel Amaya, Dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Chile, and his delegation met with Mr. He Changcheng, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Designer Alliance, at the Beijing Park Plaza Hotel where they were staying. The two sides had in-depth discussions and plans on future cooperation in design education, academic exchange activities, and 2025 cooperation projects. Subsequently, a formal cooperation agreement was signed on site, representing the official joining of the University of Chile as a member unit of the Asia Pacific Designers Association Ivy League, and also becoming the first international top design school in South America to establish industry university research cooperation with the Asia Pacific Designers Association.On October 13, 2024, Manuel Amaya, Dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Chile, and his delegation met with Mr. He Changcheng, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Designer Alliance, at the Beijing Park Plaza Hotel where they were staying. The two sides had in-depth discussions and plans on future cooperation in design education, academic exchange activities, and 2025 cooperation projects. Subsequently, a formal cooperation agreement was signed on site, representing the official joining of the University of Chile as a member unit of the Asia Pacific Designers Association Ivy League, and also becoming the first international top design school in South America to establish industry university research cooperation with the Asia Pacific Designers Association.

On October 14, 2024, He Changcheng, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Designer Alliance, was invited to attend the "Visual Daily" international design education series academic event at Nanjing University of the Arts. He shared his personal understanding of current design innovation education at the seminar and introduced the Asia Pacific Designer Alliance's development cooperation plan and practice plan based on industry university research to representatives of Chinese and foreign design schools on site. During this period, President Oskar Ho also had pleasant exchanges with leaders such as Jiang Jiejie, Dean of the School of Design at Nanjing University of the Arts, and Cai Shujuan, Vice Dean. The two sides also discussed the feasibility plan of Nanjing University of the Arts and the Asia Pacific Designer Federation jointly building an international design research platform, forming a long-term mechanism that can help Nanjing University of the Arts education develop towards high-quality innovation. Finally, both sides expressed their high expectations for future cooperation and expressed their willingness to jointly promote the signing of cooperation agreements and carry out relevant academic activities as soon as possible.