On September 7th, the opening ceremony and orientation meeting for international students at Lanzhou University was held in the lecture hall of Yi Fu Science Museum. The attending leaders for the opening ceremony are following: Vice-president Professor Jing Tao; Yuan Li, Director of the Division of Scholarships of Hanban; Yao Hanzhong, Director of the Public Security Bureau of Entry and Exit Administration in Lanzhou; Zhang Xiaodong, Director of the International Office of Gansu Education Department. All the faculty members of our school and related leaders from other universities have participated in the opening ceremony. Li Yongchun, the Party Secretary of our school presided over the opening session.
Li Fayuan, the president of our school delivered the opening speech, extending warm welcome to the international students coming from afar. Then he introduced the school information, special highlights of teaching and objectives, encouraged all students to make good use of time at Lanzhou University and wished them have an excellent performance.
Yuan Li gave praise to our achievements in recent years and briefly introduced the headquarters of Confucius Institute. He hoped all the international students maintain the enthusiasm for Chinese learning and fully prepare themselves for becoming cultural missionaries.
Deputy Zhang welcomed the foreign students in his speech and required them to observe the Chinese laws and rules, most importantly, to take good care of themselves.
Vice-President Professor Jin Tao, on behalf of Lanzhou University, sent his appreciation for the support of Hanban. He pointed out the importance of the education of international students in our university’s development for it has tremendously enriched the campus culture. He also remarked that cultural exchanges among different cultures will bring more life and energy to higher education. Our education of international students will lead us to become an international university.
During the ceremony, the representatives of teachers and students from our school gave speeches respectively.
In the end, our school invited police officers of Lanzhou Police Bureau to give lectures on safety and security in Chinese, English and Russian.
