Shanghai Vancouver Film School (SHVFS) was founded in 2014, which has introduced teachers and courses from Vancouver Film School by Shanghai University. The famous Chinese director, Jia Zhangke, has been president of SHVFS since August, 2016. It is the first and only Sino-foreign cooperative school of higher education which use North American teachers, English as the main teaching language and Hollywood film industry standards as the teaching content. The school has more than 30 international teachers, including Oscar winners and Emmys winners, and first-class professional equipments worthing more than RMB 70 million.