Abstract：

Against the dual background of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the reshaping of the global geopolitical landscape, China's economy is transitioning from factor-driven to innovation-driven growth, with New Quality Productive Forces central to high-quality development. International trade is rapidly digitalizing, greening, and becoming smarter, yet university teaching of "International Trade Practice" lags, causing a talent-industry mismatch.Using New Structural Economics and human-capital specificity theory, this study builds a talent-demand framework driven by New Quality Productive Forces. Analysis of China’s customs data and job-platform big data shows a clear shift from traditional to digital trade and changing skill requirements. The traditional knowledge system, focused on documents and CIF/FOB terms, no longer meets needs in cross-border e-commerce, digital service trade, and green supply chains.The paper proposes a curriculum redesign: modular content covering digital ecosystems, compliance, and green-trade barriers; AI-powered simulation teaching instead of lecture-based instruction; and a coordinated "curriculum-faculty-platform-evaluation" support system. This offers both a reform pathway for the course and policy insights for bridging China’s foreign-trade talent gap.

Key Words：

new quality productive forces; international trade practice; digital trade; reform in education