Abstract: Innovation competency is an important indicator for a country and a nation's core competitiveness. Institutions of higher learning should make contribution to the country's innovation-driven development strategy while making breakthroughs in the innovation of the education concept and teaching models so as to keep abreast of the times. The key to the country's implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy is to bring into full play the role of human resources. It is therefore important for China's higher education to make transformation and expansion in its talent cultivation models to back up building an innovation-oriented country and the country's participation in global governance. The essence of education for innovation and entrepreneurship rests with the cultivation of the creative spirit and entrepreneurial competence among all the students. Consequently, the cultivation of foreign language talents should make drastic transformation and upgrading to serve the country's national strategies by focusing on the cultivation of innovative and inter-disciplinary talents empowered with critical thinking and globalization literacy by referring to the implementation of research-based teaching so as to ensure that they will be able to construct and upgrade their knowledge structure in their future career endeavors, adapt to the individual need of sustainable development, measure up to the needs from social and economic development and become international talents with global vision, familiarity with international rules and the ability to participate in international affairs and global competition so as to contribute to the country's national strategies. The ultimate goal is to ensure that they will be expected to play an active role in the overseas promotion of the Chinese culture, the implementation of the Belt and Road initiative and the boost of China's participation in global governance.