[Global Education] International students bring Chinese New Year greetings in Jiangsu Province
Global Education of Jiangsu Educational Channel reported JSNU international students celebrate Chinese New Year on February 9.
More and more international students have been attracted to Chinese colleges by the inclusiveness of China. Jiangsu Province, with a large number of colleges taking their roots here, gathers a lot of international students especially. Every Spring Festival, many of international students choose to stay in Jiangsu, experiencing the happiness and the charm of Chinese culture of Chinese New Year.
Jiangsu has adopted the strategy of higher education internationalization, positively promoting international cooperation and education, implementing the guide of “bringing in and going out”, establishing cooperative platforms and keeping expanding the scale of exchange. With all these efforts, Jiangsu Province has enjoyed a good reputation among worldwide. By December 2018, the number of international students in Jiangsu Province has reached up to 45,900.
In order to make international students understand the Spring Festival, Jiangsu Normal University arranged various activities like quiz, handwork and calligraphy. Those students said that it was too difficult for them to use Chinese writing brush, but they were delighted to learn practicing calligraphy.
Leaders and international students had a joyful gathering. They wrote Spring Festival couplets, made paper cutting and shared dumplings, creating a warm atmosphere. This event let international students have a better understanding of Spring Festival and feel the happiness of Chinese people during the festival.
President of JSNU, Zhou Ruguang came to the scene, presenting dumplings for international students and bringing greetings to students’ parents and friends faraway.
President Zhou said that JSNU, as the first batch of universities eligible to receive international students, pays attention to the cultivation of international students. By far, JSNU has nearly 600 international teachers and students from 46 countries and districts. Activities like these have become traditional events for international students to live and study better in China.
President Zhou introduced that JSNU has boosted internationalization progress and deepened international cooperation development, realizing the promotion among different university rankings home and abroad.