On the afternoon of November 6th, our school’s opening ceremony of international students and the Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship Award ceremony was solemnly launched at 715, the lecture hall of innovation and entrepreneurship building. Deputy headmaster Professor Li Qingfeng attended the opening ceremony, along with leaders from the Research Department, Student Affairs Office, International College, relevant departments responsible for international student education, and 254 new international students of the 2024 class from 46 countries.
The opening ceremony began solemnly with the national anthem. Professor Li Qingfeng, deputy headmaster of Huzhou University, first extended a warm welcome on behalf of all faculty and students to the international students of the Class of 2024 who had traveled from afar. He introduced the history, current state, and future direction of the university's development. He highlighted the school's emphasis on internationalization, noting that Huzhou University has established partnerships with over 70 universities in more than 20 countries, attracting more than 1,200 international students from over 50 countries. Additionally, alumni associations have been established in Ghana and Bangladesh, it aims at further expand overseas resources, improve international communication and cooperation and help students to develop comprehensively.He hopes all the students can enjoy studying abroad in Huzhou,integrating into Huzhou and falling in love with Huzhou. He hopes we can clear goals, succeed in a special field of study and using our own efforts to write a youth poem belonging to ourselves. He wants us to build bridges for cross-cultural communication, actively contribute to the Belt and Road Initiative and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and become a person that responsible for international communication and cooperation in the future.
Teacher representative Xiezhou associate professor hopes students can learn unity and cooperation, taking full advantage of the wonderful resources offered by Huzhou University to improve individual academic ability, while active taking part in diversity culture experience activity, enhancing the understanding and knowledge of traditional Chinese culture and improving Chinese proficiency in the speech.
Louis Kwame Anani, a master degree student in international business from Ghana, spoke as a representative of the senior students. He first expressed his gratitude to the faculty and staff who have provided him with help and support in the past year, and said that Huzhou University is not only the center of academics, but also a fertile ground for sowing dreams. Kong Mengsean from Cambodia spoke on behalf of the 2024 freshmen. She shared the efforts she made to apply for Huzhou University, and said that in the future study and life, she will meet every challenge with an optimistic attitude and positive actions to become a better self.
The opening ceremony also held the award ceremony of Zhejiang Provincial Government Scholarship for International Students in the 2023-2024 academic year and a lecture on national conditions education.