On the morning of October 18, the opening ceremony of the 60th anniversary of East China Normal University's study in China and international Chinese education was held in Siqun Hall of Putuo Campus. Representatives of brother universities, alumni at home and abroad, as well as teachers and students from the school gathered on the banks of the Riva River to witness the school's 60 years of studying in China and international Chinese education, and pursuing a new vision and new journey of excellence.
Gathering forces: educating talents across mountains and seas
Wu Jian, vice president of East China Normal University, delivered a speech on behalf of the school. Wu Jian said that East China Normal University will continue to promote studying in China and international Chinese education to a new level in the future, and make new and greater contributions to promoting people-to-people exchanges between China and foreign countries and building a community with a shared future for mankind.
In her speech, Xi Ru, Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education, highly affirmed the leading role of East China Normal University in the field of studying in China and international Chinese language education. Xi Ru pointed out that at present, China is in a critical stage of building an educational power, and the opening up of education has entered a new stage of high-level and institutional opening-up. She earnestly hopes that East China Normal University can always uphold an open and inclusive mind, promote the internationalization of education from a higher strategic position, and inject more solid educational strength into the realization of China's goal of becoming an educational power and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Tian Lulu, deputy secretary-general of the China Scholarship Council, said that the university has long carefully created various scholarship programs, continuously improved the enrollment and training system, and innovated and held special brand activities, and has carried out fruitful work in many aspects in the field of study abroad education in China and international Chinese education. He also wished that East China Normal University can continue to be the main force of international communication in the future, cultivate more international talents who know China, are proficient in Chinese, and can take on the mission of cultural exchange, and can continue to enhance the characteristics of Chinese education, condense the ambition to teach Chinese, convey the feelings of culture, promote exchanges, and communicate with the world, and make great strides towards the goal of leading world-class international Chinese education.
Ye Linlin, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, pointed out in his speech that as a national "double first-class" construction university, East China Normal University has devoted itself to studying in China and international Chinese education for 60 years, which has effectively promoted the internationalization of Shanghai's education. Ye Linlin has deep expectations for the future development of East China Normal University, emphasizing that the school should continue to closely benchmark the national education modernization strategy, based on Shanghai's urban development positioning, improve the quality of study abroad education in China, and promote the innovative and integrated development of international Chinese education.
Yu Yunfeng, Director of the Sino-Foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Education, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech via video. Yu Yunfeng pointed out that international Chinese education and studying in China are like flowers of parallel flowers, accompanying each other, blending and promoting each other, achieving each other and growing together. Facing the future, Yu Yunfeng, on behalf of the Language Cooperation Center, said that he will continue to work hand in hand with East China Normal University to further promote the systematic and localized development of international Chinese language education, strengthen the integrated development of "Chinese + vocational education" and "Chinese + professional education", continuously improve the international communication matrix of Chinese language and culture, and contribute new and greater strength to the construction of a deep and lasting global influence of Chinese language and culture.
Liu Jun, President of City University of Macau, delivered a speech as a representative of the brother universities. Liu Jun said that UM is willing to continue to work with East China Normal University to deepen cooperation in the innovation and development of international Chinese language education, jointly inject new vitality into the coordinated development of education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and explore new paths for international talent training.
Ji Hairong, a 1993 undergraduate Chinese as a foreign language alumnus and co-founder, executive director and chief marketing officer of Focus Media, delivered a speech. Although he has left the international Chinese education industry, Ji Hairong still said that he will always be proud of his alma mater and his alma mater's international Chinese education, always be the backing of his alma mater and his younger students, and contribute to the new development of the school's cause.
Integrity and innovation: set sail on a new journey
Huang Meixu, Director of the International Education Center of East China Normal University, made a report on the work of studying in China and international Chinese education for 60 years. Huang Meixu pointed out that the scale of international students in China of East China Normal University has continued to expand, from a few hundred at the beginning to more than 5,000 in one academic year, from a single country to more than 130 countries now, and has trained more than 100,000 international alumni all over the world in the past 60 years. In the field of international Chinese education, East China Normal University has built a complete academic education and training chain for Chinese and foreign students, from undergraduate to master's and doctoral, from professional degrees to academic degrees.
In order to further promote the high-quality development of studying in China and international Chinese education, East China Normal University will continue to adhere to the original intention of opening up education to the outside world and improve the cooperation network. combine intelligent technology to improve the quality of training; deepen internal reform and strengthen guarantee support; Based on China's positioning, play an international role, and create a wonderful story of "studying at Normal University" for more international students.
Technology empowerment: digital intelligence drives Chinese innovation
At the opening ceremony, two important measures carrying the mission of "education + technology" integration were implemented simultaneously: the "International Organization Intern Student Source Base" jointly built by East China Normal University and the Asian Simulation Alliance was officially unveiled, and the strategic cooperation framework agreement signed with iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. was launched simultaneously, injecting strong momentum into the innovation and development of international Chinese education.
As an international science and technology organization officially established in 2024, the Asian Simulation Alliance now has nearly 40 member units in China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Sweden and other countries. The unveiling of the base will further open up the collaborative link of "industry-university-research-application" in the field of simulation technology, and promote the in-depth cooperation between industry-university-research collaboration in simulation technology and talent training in universities.
The strategic cooperation with iFLYTEK focuses on the research and development of "Chinese digital learning agents", the expansion of "Chinese + professional" products, and the research and development of artificial intelligence-enabled education and research. The two sides will give full play to the advantages of universities in the accumulation of international Chinese education theory and teaching resources, and work with enterprises in AI technology research and development and digital product implementation to jointly build an adaptive smart Chinese education platform, promote the transformation of Chinese education to scenario-based and intelligent, and provide better language education support for countries along the "Belt and Road".
Initiative cohesion: the pursuit of excellence to the future
At the event site, a special international alumni came all the way - he was Huang Cha, the representative of the first batch of international students from East China Normal University in 1965 and now over eighty years old. Huang Cha looked back on his studies at East China Normal University affectionately: "In 1965, I just turned 18 years old and came to China from a rural area in central Vietnam to study, which was the most unforgettable moment of my life.
International alumni spoke on behalf of Huang Tea
After boarding the international train directly to Shanghai from Pingxiang Railway Station on the Sino-Vietnamese border, the teachers of East China Normal University welcomed us like family. The conversation was full of sincerity: "East China Normal University is our second home in a foreign country." ”
After graduation, Huang Cha entered the Chinese Department of Hanoi University in Vietnam to teach, and served as the director of the translation office of the Chinese Department, he is not only an outstanding educator, but also a sower of Sino-Vietnamese educational cooperation, many of the generations of Vietnamese students trained have studied abroad at East China Normal University, becoming the backbone of international Chinese education, so that the friendship between China and Vietnam is endless and passed on from generation to generation.
"My China Normal University, you are everything in my youth, the years will grow old, and the original intention will not fade......" In the simple singing, Chinese and foreign teachers and students jointly interpreted "My China Normal University" written and composed by Huang Cha himself, and the melodious melody is full of deep friendship across mountains and seas.
This year coincides with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam. East China Normal University issued the "China-Vietnam Chinese Education Cooperation Proposal", pressing the "upgrade button" for China-Vietnam language education cooperation. The "China-Vietnam Chinese Education Cooperation Proposal" proposes four major directions: jointly building Chinese majors, jointly building a "Chinese +" talent training system, sharing a smart teaching platform, and jointly organizing academic exchanges.
After the opening ceremony, the "60th Anniversary of Studying in China and International Chinese Education Achievement Exhibition" was unveiled, which comprehensively reviewed the milestones in the development of East China Normal University's study in China and international Chinese education from 1965 to the present, and revisited the glorious years of East China Normal University's 60 years of studying in China and international Chinese education.
60th Anniversary Achievement Exhibition
In the afternoon of the same day, four sub-forums were held on campus: "Dean's Forum on the High-quality Development of International Chinese Education", "Dean's Forum on the Development of Studying in China under the Background of Educational Power", "Alumni Forum for Future Talent Training of International Chinese Education", and "Alumni Forum for International Students in China". Representatives from more than 30 universities focused on "Integration and Innovation: New Opportunities for International Chinese Language Education"; "Improve governance capabilities and strengthen the brand of 'Study in China'"; "Talent training and career development" and other topics were held in depth to jointly draw a new blueprint for international Chinese education.
East China Normal University
East China Normal University is a comprehensive research university located in Shanghai, China. The school is supervised by the Ministry of Education, which is jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
East China Normal University was established on October 16, 1951, based on Daxia University and Guanghua University, and transferred to some departments of St. John's University, Fudan University, Tongji University and Zhejiang University, and was founded on the original site of Daxia University. In 1959, the school was identified by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as one of the 16 key universities in the country. In 1972, the school merged with Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Institute of Sport and other institutions and changed its name to Shanghai Normal University. In 1978, the school was again recognized as a national key university. In 1980, the school restored the name of East China Normal University. In 1996, it was included in the ranks of national key construction universities in the "211 Project". In 2006, the Ministry of Education and Shanghai decided to focus on jointly building East China Normal University, and the school entered the ranks of national "985 Project" universities. In 2017, the school entered the ranks of national "world-class universities" construction universities. Famous scholars such as Hu Shi, Li Linsi, Xu Zhimo, and Huang Yanpei have taught at the school.
