The construction and development path of competency models for foreign trade talents from the perspective of New Liberal Arts

Foreign trade talents play a crucial role in China’s foreign trade business. It’s no doubt that the high-quality foreign trade talent will step on the new step for our country foreign trade to provide more powerful support. This paper, based on the perspective of New Liberal Arts, initially constructs a framework for the competency model of new foreign trade talents. This model underwent expert consultation using the Delphi method. Subsequently, the competency model was further refined based on the Onion Model, resulting in a new foreign trade talent competency model comprising three characteristics—knowledge, ability, and literacy—and 16 indicators. On this basis, considering the current limitations in foreign trade talent training, this paper proposes effective ways to cultivate new foreign trade talents’ competencies from the perspective of New Liberal Arts’ construction and reform.