President-elect Prof Tamer Abou-Elsaad, Past Presidents Helen Grech and Lily Cheng, and Vice-President Education Fernanda Dreux attended the One Belt One Road Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing Disorders in Beijing, China, under the auspices of Beijing Language and Culture University and the Chinese Speech and Hearing Association. In his capacity as the future IALP President, Prof Abou-Elsaad was invited to give a speech at the opening ceremony of the conference, incorporating a review of the common goals and vision between the association and the conference. In addition, the President of the University, Prof Duan Peng, and Professor Lilly Cheng, as the honorary president of the conference and former IALP President addressed the audience.