Envoys from Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School visit Princeton University in New Jersey, left.
1. The first one on the right is the leading teacher Fu Zhu and Wang Danqi. (Photo by Liu Wei).
Southeast Net USA, February 14 (Special Reporter Liu Wei) The teachers and students of Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School, a key middle school in Fujian Province, including some students from Wuhan, Shenzhen and Yangzhou, recently visited Princeton University in New Jersey.
Last year, Sino-US relations warmed up, the future of Sino-US friendship lies in the concept of the younger generation being deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and exchanges between Chinese and American schools began to warm up.
The young envoys of Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School were personally received by Huang Ping (fourth from right), Consul General of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York, Li Shipeng (second from left), Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York, Li Xuan, Deputy Director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Education, Chen Guoquan, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Fujian Province, and Chen Guoquan, Fourth from the left.
The first and second are the leading teachers Fu Zhu and Wang Danqi.
Consul General Huang Ping (fifth from left) and Deputy Consul General Li Shipeng (first from right) personally received the teachers and students of the International Envoys Winter Study Group.
Chinese and American children celebrate the Spring Festival together.
The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York attaches great importance to this visit, and Consul General Huang Ping personally received the children and affirmed the positive significance of the visit. Chen Guoquan, deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, and Li Xuan, deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Education, also encouraged teachers and students at the Consulate General. The children's exchange activities were very rich, including climbing to the top of the new World Trade Center in New York, overlooking the panoramic view of Manhattan in New York, visiting the Statue of Liberty, the Bronze Bull on Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, etc., and participating in the 2024 "Happy New Year" Ice and Snow Carnival hosted by the China Tourism Office in New York and the Pennsylvania Tourism Bureau, celebrating the Chinese New Year with Chinese and American guests and friends. Visit the science and technology workshops of the Franklin Science and Technology Museum in Pennsylvania** to learn about today's cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology; Visit the headquarters of the Philadelphia Orchestra, listen to the classical symphony meeting, and hold a Chinese and American students' New Year Gala at the Philadelphia headquarters after the meeting; Visit the Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell to feel the founding spirit of the United States; We also traveled to Washington to visit the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monuments, and the Capitol Hill.
On the American Middle and High School Transfer Day, you can take classes and participate in clubs with American students to immerse yourself in a day in an American school.
In terms of educational exchanges, he visited the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the Wharton School of Business to have in-depth exchanges with doctoral students and professors of the university, and also arranged American middle and high school transfer days, attended classes and clubs with American students, immersed himself in a day in American schools, and visited Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
On February 12th, the research group came to Princeton University in New Jersey to listen to the local university professors explain the history and experience the style of the ancient top universities in the United States. Fu Zhu, the leader of Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School and deputy director of the office of Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School, said that the United States is the most developed country in the world, and China is the fastest growing developing country in the world. Therefore, this visit to the United States has received strong support from the Fujian Provincial Department of Education, the Fujian Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, and the school. However, he also pointed out that less than one-third of the 30 students who have passed the U.S. visa have passed the multi-dimensional selection, and fortunately, some of the campers have been on the U.S. visa for ten years. He expressed the hope that the US side will provide more convenience for bilateral exchanges.
Fang Siyi, a camper of the research group and a sophomore student of Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School, told reporters that when she came to the United States, she felt that there are great differences in the classroom atmosphere, teacher-student interaction, and creativity cultivation of Chinese and American schools, and that some places in American education are worthy of reference. Other campers also said that through this visit, they saw different cultures, religions, architecture, technology and campus environments in different countries, which was an eye-opener. At the end of the camp, the children held a closing ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters and received a certificate of completion. (Except for the first one, the rest** is provided by Mr. Wang Danqi of Fuzhou No. 1 Middle School).