On the morning of November 10th, 2017, the fall semester opening ceremony was held for international freshmen in Changzhou Institute of Industry Technology (CZIIT). Secretary of the Party Committee Miao Changwu, President Yang Jinsong, Vice President Jiang Xinping, Vice President Yao Qingwen, the other members of the Leading Group for International Students Affairs attended it as well as 67 freshmen from 13 countries. The ceremony was hosted by Yao Qingwen.
First of all, Yang Jinsong delivered a speech, pointing out that the enlargement of the enrollment scale of international students has not only enhanced the popularity of the college, but also promoted the internationalization of the college’s education. He hoped that all international students would cherish the hard-won time of studying abroad, make full use of the rich teaching and cultural resources, improve their Chinese, and become cultural envoys of “one belt and one road” countries.
Professor Zhou Li, speaking as a teacher’s representative, emphasized the relationship between “language” and “culture”, explaining to foreign students that language is a window of culture, and the two complement each other. She hoped that everyone would study Chinese hard, love Chinese culture and be a disseminator of Chinese culture.
RAJABOV UMEDJON (Chinese name: 邬迈) from spring semester class and NURMADOV ZIYOVUDDIN (Chinese name: 米勒) from fall semester class spoke on behalf of all the international students. They shared the happy life of studying abroad in CZIIT and expressed the joy of entering Chinese campus and the good wish of acquiring Chinese respectively.
Finally, Miu Changwu sent messages to foreign students. He said that the beauty of the world, first of all, lies in cultural difference and diversity, and that different cultures tolerate and respect each other, which is the embodiment of the development of human civilization. He hoped that the international students would not forget their original intention of coming to China to study, keep in mind their dreams, study Chinese well, love their motherland and China, and become the envoys of friendship on the background of international cooperation and exchanges.
