On December 5, a delegation of teachers and students from the School of International Education of Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) went to Yan'an to experience the spiritual connotation of this revolutionary holy land and carried out a cultural exchange activity with teachers and students from Yan'an Vocational and Technical College.
At Yan'an Vocational and Technical College, international student representatives from Morocco, Tunisia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, South Korea and other countries at our university shared their respective national cultures and study experiences in fluent Chinese, demonstrating the charm of intercultural learning. Teacher Wen Shilong from Yan'an Vocational and Technical College introduced and sang northern Shaanxi folk songs in a vivid way to the teachers and students present. Teachers and students from Yan'an Vocational and Technical College showcased the unique northern Shaanxi culture and Ansai waist drum (a national intangible cultural heritage). Teachers and students from our college actively participated in the experience, and the on-site atmosphere was warm and harmonious. After the exchange activity, teachers and students from our college visited Pagoda Mountain, a symbol of China's revolutionary holy land.
During the visit and learning, the students deeply felt the profound red historical heritage of Yan'an. Regarding the trip to Yan'an, Zhang Yicheng, a student from Indonesia, said that this activity allowed him to share his own culture while deeply experiencing the waist drum and folk songs of the old revolutionary base areas, and this cultural collision was very wonderful. In the future, the college will continue to expand high-quality practical platforms, enrich exchange forms, and help international students gain more growth on the path of perceiving China and understanding the world.
Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)
Nicknamed "NPU", it is located in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and a university directly managed by the Central Government. It is a national key university featuring talent cultivation and scientific research in aviation, aerospace, and marine engineering (the "Three Aviation" fields); it is included in the national "Double First-Class" initiative, "Project 985", and "Project 211". It was listed as one of the national key construction universities by the State Council during both the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" and "Eighth Five-Year Plan" periods. It is a member of the "2011 Plan", "111 Plan", "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan", "Excellence Union of Universities", an initiating university of the "Belt and Road Aerospace Innovation Alliance", a national typical experience university for graduate employment, one of the first ten universities in the country to lead the construction of the National Excellent Engineer College, and a university that has been awarded the "Major Contribution Award" twice in a row.
Northwestern Polytechnical University can be traced back to the National Northwest Institute of Technology founded in 1938; in 1946, the National Northwest Institute of Technology moved to Xianyang. In 1950, it was renamed Northwest Institute of Technology. In 1952, the aviation engineering departments of Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, and Nanjing University merged to form East China Aviation College in Nanjing, which moved to Xi'an in 1956 and was renamed Xi'an Aviation College. In October 1957, Northwest Institute of Technology and Xi'an Aviation College merged to form Northwestern Polytechnical University. In February 1970, the entire aviation engineering department of Harbin Institute of Engineering (now Harbin Engineering University) was incorporated into NPU. In 2017, it was included in the list of "World-Class Universities" (Category A) construction universities.
