LNU Press Center News: “We're expecting the beautiful spiritual ‘sparkles’ during the summer camp and hope to make friends and have wonderful time in various activities,” Taiwan student representative Chen Junyu said to LNU student Liu Xiaoyi in the opening ceremony of 2016 Zhanjiang-Taiwan University Students Summer Camp with a theme of “Chinese Dream, Cross-Strait Ties” held in LNU on the morning of July 5.
“The development across the straits lies on young people of today.” Deputy Director Hou Zhenfu of Taiwan Affairs Office of Guangdong Province welcomed the arrival of Taiwan students. He quoted from Giddens Ko, a famous contemporary writer in Taiwan: “The most expensive thing I bought is dream and no dream means no enchantment.” He encouraged students from mainland and Taiwan to striving for the “Chinese Dream” with the “dream of youth”.
“I feel strong homesickness and friendship when seeing the teachers and students who travelled far from Taiwan get together with LNU teachers and students,” Chen Yun, a member of Zhanjiang Municipal Standing Committee and Municipal Propaganda Director said. She said since 2008, Zhanjiang-Taiwan Summer Camp has been the bridge between students on both sides to facilitate communication, enhance the friendship, increase cooperation and carry on Chinese culture. It’s also an attractive name card as well as a famous brand for the exchanges between Zhanjiang and Taiwan. Nearly a thousand Taiwan students came to Zhanjiang for cultural communication and they lit up every summer camp with their young blood and wisdom and talents, which becomes their unforgettable memories for these teachers and students and lays a solid foundation for cross-strait communication in culture and education.
Wu Ching-chi, the leader of Taiwan Delegation, President of Taiwan Normal Education Association and President-General of Taiwan Education University System believed the sky is infinitely broad and young people have limitless future. Zhanjiang and Taiwan students work hand in hand in eight years. Their learning and exchanges may promote national sentiments and play a significant role in the peaceful cross-strait development in the future. Wu Ching-chi added as the leader of Taiwan Exchange Delegation for 4 consecutive years since 2013, he surprisingly noticed the change and progress of LNU every time he led presidents of Taiwanese universities, teachers and students to visit LNU for cultural exchange.
“The students are ambitious generation who undertake the mission of cross-strait development in the course of history.” LNU Party Secretary Luo Hai’ou said students should remain true to the original aspiration, keep striving for the innovation and development and build a dream home by enhancing the cultural foundation and grasping the cooperation bridge in order to keep the pace of cross-strait exchanges and cooperation with the times. He believed Zhanjiang-Taiwan University Students Summer Camp is brought up to a higher level and has a wider scope and much richer contents.
At the end of opening ceremony, Chen Yun gave the camp flag to Wu Ching-chi and announced the summer camp officially opened. Deputy Secretary General Lin Xiaowei of People's Government of Zhanjiang City presided over the opening ceremony. 12 Taiwan university presidents, nearly 80 Taiwan teachers and students and more than 400 LNU teachers and students attended the event. This summer camp will last one week. Zhanjiang-Taiwan University Students Innovation & Entrepreneurship Exhibition, Zhanjiang-Taiwan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum and Zhanjiang-Taiwan University Students Sports Meeting will be held during this summer camp. The sponsor will take Taiwan teachers and students to counties and urban districts of Zhanjiang City for folk culture investigation.
Zhanjiang-Taiwan University Students Summer Camp is included in educational exchange programs of Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and is sponsored by Taiwan Affairs Bureau of Zhanjiang City. It's the eighth summer camp this year and LNU has consecutively undertaken seven summer camps. LNU has established cooperation relationships with many Taiwan universities through the communication platform of Zhanjiang-Taiwan University Students Summer Camp. It furthers exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan universities, promote the mutual understanding between students on the both sides and develop a friendship with a notion of “one family”.
LNU Party Secretary Luo Hai’ou gives a speech
Wu Ching-chi, the leader of Taiwan Delegation, President of Taiwan Normal Education Association and President-General of Taiwan Education University System gives a speech
Deputy Director Hou Zhenfu of Taiwan Affairs Office of Guangdong Province gives a speech
Chen Yun, a member of Zhanjiang Municipal Standing Committee and Municipal Propaganda Director gives a speech
Taiwanese student representative gives a speech
LNU student representative gives a speech
Leaders and guests at the summer camp exhibition
Evening party of the summer camp
Evening party of the summer camp
(Photo by Cui Lu, You Jianfeng and Wang Weiping)
