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* International Chinese Language* Summer Program of Universität Passau Ended Successfully Autumn is always an exciting time not only because it has the most comfortable weather, but also as the season of harvest and achievement. September 23rd was a beautiful and unforgettable day for 28 students from theUniversityofPassausince they successfully completed their four-week study in International College of Zhejiang University. Prof. XU Weimin, Vice Dean of theInternationalCollege, Mr. Hu Zhengming from the Office of International Relations, the Chinese teachers and program coordinators attended the closing ceremony held by theInternationalCollegefor the students fromPassau. The banquet was held with relaxing atmosphere where teachers and students enjoyed a wonderful time together, sharing their great experiences inZhejiangUniversity. Prof. Xu, Vice Dean of International College offered a remark with sincerity and great sense of humor. Prof. Xu said: ��It is a great honor to join you here and thank you for choosing the International College of ZJU to further your Chinese language study. I��ve never been toGermanybefore, however, thanks to my friends, Immanuel Kant and Ludwig Wittgenstein, the great philosophers, I get to know something aboutGermany. I am very pleased to notice that some of you are immersed in Chinese language study after your four weeks study here, while some of you fell in love withHangzhou,China. I look forward to meeting you again in ZJU or somewhere inHangzhou. By the way, please keep me informed with any latest research progress of those philosophers.�� The banquet culminated in an exciting atmosphere when Prof. Xu awarded the program certificates to each and every student. A group picture was taken at the end of the banquet with teachers�� best wishes to the students and warm welcome to their future visits. (Written by QIAN Haiduo) 2011-10-10* TNU Delegation from Vietnam Visited International College A group of 14 Vietnamese guests, led by Prof. Chu Hoang Mau, Vice President of Thai Nguyen University (TNU) visited the International College on November 8th, 2010. Prof. Liu Hui, Vice Dean of the college welcomed the visitors. Prof. Liu introduced to the guests the role the International College played and the general picture of the international student education in our university, with emphasis on its features and strength and the scholarships Zhejiang University offered to the international students, hoping there would be more and more Vietnamese students coming to our university and more faculty exchange as well. Prof. Chu Hoang Mau, on behalf of the delegation, expressed their gratitude for the hospitality of Prof. Liu and He also gave brief introduction of Thai Nguyen University to the host and pointed out TNU would very much like to strengthen its tie with Zhejiang University in different aspects, including students, faculty and executive administrators exchanges since the latter is well known in his country as one of the most prestigious Chinese universities. Both sides agreed to keep in touch with each other and work further on details for cooperation projects. Mr. Lu Zhengzhong, the Director of the Admission Office of the International College, Mr. Yi Honghui and Mr. Wang Jian were also present at the meeting. (Written by YI Honghui; translated by XU Xiaohang) 2011-06-03* Continuous Stream of Visits of European Guests Several distinguished guests from European universities visited the International College in the end of October. A group of guests from Malmö University, Sweden led by its Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Eva Engquist visited the International College and held talks with Prof. Wang Li, Dean of the International College on October 26th. On the same day, another group of guests led by Prof. Regis Lengelle from Universit�� de Technologie de Troyes (UTT), France also came to the college to meet with the dean and other teachers concerned.On October 29th, an old friend, Prof. R. Momen, from La Universidad Ramon Llull (URL), Barcelona, Spain once again visited the International College. Prof. R. Momen used to work as the vice rector responsible for international relations from 2002 to the beginning of this year and now is still working in this field. Dr. Nini L. Yang, Director of China Office of the University of Edinburgh visited for the first time on November 15th and promised to strengthen its cooperation with Zhejiang University from now on. Talks between the host and the European guests covered various issues concerning expanding exchange and deepening collaboration between Zhejiang University and its European partners, including more exchange students, setting up short-term summer programs and possibilities of offering joint degree programs for master��s degree and doctoral degree studies. Malmö University was founded in 1998. Located in the centre of Malmö, the university has played a central role in the transformation of Malmö from industrial town to centre of learning. University of Technology of Troyes (UTT), established in 1994, is a public French university located in Troyes. The UTT is part of the network of the three universities of technology, UTC, UTBM and UTT, a French mixture between the universities of the country and its schools of engineers. The Ramon Llull University (URL), founded in 1990, based in Barcelona, is a private, non profit-making university providing a public service. Its aim is to offer quality in training, person-centered, to meet society's needs. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland and is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious universities in Europe, having consistently being placed among leading universities in the world. ��Written by LU Zhengzhong��translated by XU Xiaohang�� 2011-06-03* World, My Stage---Foreign Students attending ZJU 21st International Culture Festival The 21st Zhejiang University International Culture Festival was held in the Culture Square, Zi-jin-gang Campus on Dec.3rd, 2010. About one hundred international students from a dozen countries, including South Korea, Malaysia, the USA, Mexico, Thailand and so on took part in the opening ceremony of the festival.Students from Thailand, Mexico, South Korea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ukraine and Malaysia set about preparing and decorating their countries�� culture exhibition booths from one o��clock. Once the booths were done, the interaction part commenced at 3 pm. Different folkways, national customs and exotic stuff assembled together, which made the square look like a mini-sized world exposition.Prof. ZHENG Qiang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University officially declared open the festival at 6 pm. All of a sudden the square became a broad stage of mixed genre of performing arts with programs presented by students from home and abroad.Performances brought by foreign students were warmly welcome by the audiences, mainly composed of students and faculty. A band of Korean students, as the first group of performers, ignited the passion of the audience. Song and dance, Amazing Thailand whose performers went without saying and dance Jarabe Tapatio by Mexican students introduced the real tastes of their home countries to the audience.The Korean tea ceremony offered a chance for Chinese to have a close look at something both similar and different.The closing performance, Bamboo Pole Dance, a dance typically of Chinese ethnic minorities but this time danced by international students was presented with a special flavor. In the end of their performance, the student dancers invited all the students and teachers present to dance with them together, which brought the whole opening ceremony to a successful and joyful end.Prof. XU Weimin, Vice Dean of the International College attended the opening ceremony. After delivering a speech, he joined the crowd of audience enjoying the whole show.In recent years, the International College has been making great efforts to enrich the cultural activities in the foreign student community and at the same time to improve international culture atmosphere on Zhejiang University campus. (written by ZHOU Xiaoling; adapted and translated by XU Xiaohang) 2011-06-03* Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of China-Japan Youth Exchange Center Held On the occasion of the 114th anniversary of the founding ofZhejiangUniversity, a grand foundation stone laying ceremony forChina-JapanYouthExchangeCenterwas held beside Qingxi dormitory block, Zi-jin-gang Campus of the university at 2:00 pm, May 25th, 2011. A number of university leaders and distinguished guests attended the ceremony hosted by Prof. Si Jianmin, Vice President of Zhejiang University, including Prof. Jin Deshui, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University, Mr. Tang Lilu, Vice Chairman of CPPCC of Zhejiang Province, Mr.Cao Qiyongand his family, Prof. Zhang Tuqiao, Vice President of Zhejiang University and Prof. Wang Li, Dean of the International College of the university. Prof. Jin Deshui extended a warm welcome to all the guests present on behalf of all the university leaders and expressed heartfelt gratitude and respect to Mr.Cao Qiyongand his family who generously donated the fund for building the center. In his speech, Prof Jin said the Cao��s family is a well-known patriotic one who has made great contributions toChina��s opening up and reform and modernization. Mr.Cao Qiyong, just like his father, Mr.Cao Guangbiao, is a man of strong patriotic feelings and high sense of social responsibility. Mr.Cao Qiyongespecially pays attention to the relationship betweenChinaandJapanand focuses on the youth and looks into the future. He, taking his own study-in-Japan experiences as an example, tells off his own understanding towards Chinese and Japanese cultures and his ardent expectations that the exchange between the young generations of the two countries can be expanded. And he is now turning his expectation into reality with his passion and charitable act. ZhejiangUniversitywill make a rational plan to carry out the construction carefully and complete the project with high quality on schedule. Mr.Cao Qiyongexpressed his hope that with the establishment of the exchange center, the exchange between the young people fromChinaandJapanwill be strengthened and the collaboration between Chinese and Japanese universities will be deepened. The center will play an important role in improve the mutual understanding and trust between the young people of the two countries and thus benefit the friendship of the two countries. 2011-06-02* Taking off from Zhejiang University to STUDY CHINA 99 students from more than 50 universities around the UK arrived on Yuquan Campus of Zhejiang University over the weekend of March 27th and 28th to attend a 3-week long STUDY CHINA program. In the coming days, the students will take Chinese language classes, attend lectures covering the topics ranging from history to calligraphy and economy, practice Tai-ji and Chinese Gong-fu, visit the university laboratories and both joint venture and private enterprise, tour around the city and its neighboring area and participate in the social activities with local students. In short, they will have plenty of opportunities to learn about China and make friends. An opening ceremony, hosted by Prof. Wang Li, the Dean of the International College was held in the International Conference Center on Zi-jin-gang Campus, which marked the official launch of the program. Prof. Yang Wei, the President of the university attended the ceremony to extend his warm welcome to the students from the UK universities. He delivered a heart-warming speech to the students, in which he recalled the days he spent in the UK as a visiting scholar. He also introduced the students his feelings and impressions about the city of Hangzhou and the important role Zhejiang University plays in the province and the country. He encouraged all the students to seize the precious chance to study hard the language and see more and gain first-hand experiences about the university, the city and the country, its people and culture. Following President Yang, Mr. Samuel Watts, a student from the University of Warwick, spoke on behalf of all the students participating in the program, expressing their thanks to the warm welcome from Zhejiang University and their feelings, hopes and expectations on the coming program. STUYD CHINA is a UK government-funded program managed by the University of Manchester open to undergraduates in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. (By XU Xiaohang) 2011-03-03* Sidelights of Chinese Bridge Winter Camp - PART I ��Parting is sorrowful, since olden days.�� Miss. FU An-ning, or Annetta Fotopoulos as is her English name, quoted a line from a widely loved traditional Chinese poem by Liu Yong, a famous poet living in North Song Dynasty (AD 960-1127) while hosting the stage performance at the farewell banquet for the Chinese Bridge Winter Camp, and she continued: ��but I don��t feel sad now because what we experienced is just a few days in the winter of Hangzhou, we still have Spring, Summer and Fall waiting for us.�� The quoting fully showed how well Miss. Annetta Fotopoulos commanded the Chinese language and also spoke the students�� minds. The three weeks that the 77 college students from Cornell and San Jose had spent in China left with them many memorable moments, a study abroad experience which impressed them deeply and may be even life-turning for at least some of them. After spending one week in Beijing, the 77 students from the two US universities, Cornell University and San Jose State University, arrived in Hangzhou on January 2nd, 2010 to begin a two-week winter camp in Zhejiang University. The immersion experience was loaded with short but well-tailored Chinese language courses, cultural lectures on different topics and a variety of activities, such as sightseeing tours and museum visits around the city, one-day excursions to Wuzhen and Shanghai, lab visit, social events with local students and so on for the students to see different aspects of China, the beautiful natural scenery, rich cultural and historic heritage, the campus life of their Chinese peers and booming economy. Here are some pieces of the flashbacks. We would like to invite you to join us to relive the exhilarating and unforgettable two weeks. I. A Lecture on Chinese EconomyProf. WU Xiaobo, the Dean of the School of Management, explains the secret of the fast-developing and dynamic economy of China. II. Into the real business world--Company Visit to Wahaha and CokeSeeing is believing. Students went to Wahaha, China��s own food and beverage giant and its major competitor in the market, Cocoa-Cola, a typical successful example of joint venture in HEDA, Hangzhou Economic & Technological Development Area. 2010-01-31* FEATURE: We��re the Champion. He��s the Star. On the night of August 30th, 2009, Ammar, the doctoral student of the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University won the championship and the title of ��Star of Chinese Language�� on the finals of the 2nd Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Contest jointly held by Hanban and China Central TV. Prof. Yang Wei, the President of Zhejiang University witnessed the moment on the scene. It��s the second year that Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Contest for International Students studying in China was held. Compared with last year, the 2nd one has grown up rapidly. There were altogether 14 contest zones this year, 9 more than last year. More than 700 contestants selected by 75 prestigious universities across the country, including schools in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, took part in the competition. With his solid foundation of the language skills, a wide scope of Chinese knowledge and constant fondness of learning, Ammar, the 32-year old medical PhD student from Yemen performed very well in each round of the contest. He managed to fight his way to the grand final through preliminary, semi-finals, almost 30 passes of different degrees of difficulty with his cool-headedness, which is not surprising for a good medical student, careful and precise delivery, quick response and wit. The last game was played between him and another contestant from Peking University and Ammar turned out the person who laughed last and gained his laurels, the title of Star of Chinese Language, the highest prize of the whole competition. President Yang Wei was present to witness the exciting moment and sent his congratulations to him. Ever since Mid-may when the preliminary of the contest was launched on campus, teachers and staff members of the International College were with Ammar and other contestants to give them support, encouragement and professional guide and training. Ammar��s winning the champion made all their efforts rewarding. After coming back from Beijing with his championship, Ammar��s life was no longer the same as before. He has been drawing a lot of media attention from Hangzhou and even other cities. His image of wearing the traditional Arabic robe and scimitar appeared quite frequently in different occasions. Numerous interviews from TV channels and newspapers have lined up and the latest one was with Dushi Kuaibao, a very popular and influential urban daily newspaper, in which, he introduced to millions of local readers in Zhejiang province his home country Yemen. The 3-page weekend feature was apparently inspired by the recent global attention to this Middle East country. In the interview, Ammar passionately talked about his home country, his life there with both happiness and worries. What he said in the feature offered his readers a vivid description and different perspective of his country and people living there, which made Yemen not that remote for people living in Hangzhou. (Translated and written by XU Xiaohang on the basis of work by ZHOU Xiaoling) 2010-01-27* Guests from Asturias Business School Visited ICZU On March 29th 2009, a group of guests led by Mr. Jose Luis Gaitan Castillo, Member of Board of Directors,from FENA-Asturias Business School (Spain) visited the International College. Prof. Liu Hui, Vice-Dean of the College met with the visitors.Prof. Liu extended welcome to the guests and introduced to them the basic information about Zhejaing University and international student education of the University. Both parties agreed that to expand the cooperation between the two schools on the current basis is not only important tothe two schools, but will also benefit a lot the strengthening of the relationship between Zhejiang Province and Principado de Asturias.Since 2006, Asturias Business School (ABS) has sent about 70 students to our university. Currently there are 20 ABS students studying in the university. During the talk, the Spanish guests also invited teachers and students from Zhejiang University to their school to do academic exchange or study in the future.(Written by XU Xiaohang) 2009-04-09* Promoting Zhejiang University in Vietnam Prof. Wang Wenlong and Miss. Zhou Xiaoling from the International College of Zhejiang University attended the 6th Chinese Education Exhibition in Vietnam organized by the China Scholarship Council of Ministry of Education from March 20th to 29th, 2009. China and Vietnam are neighboring countries joined by common mountains and rivers and the peoples of the two countries held a friend ship of long history. China, with its convenient location, easy transportation, similar customs, high quality education and relatively low cost of study and living, has become a favorite destination country when Vietnamese students plan to study abroad. There is a promising market of overseas study in Vietnam. Besides Zhejiang University, 22 other prestigious Chinese universities, including Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and so on also participated in the education exhibition.This year��s China Education Exhibition, held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, gained much attention and high popularity among the Vietnamese students and their parents, local government and media. The comprehensiveness, international competitiveness and multiple scholarships attracted numerous Vietnamese students and their parents. More than 300 people came to the booth of Zhejiang University to ask various questions and all received warm and patient introduction from our teachers, covering all the important aspects of studying in Zhejiang University, for example, the academic strength, admission policies and procedures and application for scholarships and so on. Many local universities and institutions also expressed their wishes and interests in establishing further cooperation with Zhejiang University. During the course of the exhibition, in addition to introducing and promoting their own school, teachers from Zhejiang University also grasped the chance to make research and investigation on Vietnam��s higher education system and its recent development, the sources of future students and so on. The university delegates also exchanged ideas and shared experiences with colleagues from other Chinese universities joining the exhibition on international student-related issues, such as the enrollment policies, the mode of education, management and service. (Written by ZHOU Xiaoling, translated by XU Xiaohang) 2009-04-07* International Students Joined Putuo Island Study Tour 9 international students from Zhejiang University went on for the 2009 Putuo Island International Study Trip organized by China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) from March 12th to March 15th.International students from several Chinese universities, including China Academy of Art, Southeast University, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Anhui Normal University and Zhejiang University etc. stayed on Putuo Island for three days, attending various activities, including visiting the Buddhist temples, planting trees in the World Youth Woods, taking part in Chinese speech contest and other culture and art activities.During their visit, Miss. KANGMIAE, Korean doctoral student from School of Agriculture of Zhejiang University presented Korean tea deeply impressing all the audience present with its unique style.(Written by YI Honghui, translated by XU Xiaohang) 2009-03-29