CWU VP Leads Foreign Students on Visit to S China's Shantou

A speaker addresses the delegation of China Women's University during their visit to Shantou, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, on April 1-5. [China Women's University]

Wang Jingxia, Vice-President of China Women's University (CWU), led a delegation of foreign students from the School of International Education on an inspection tour of social practice in the city of Shantou, South China's Guangdong Province, from April 1-5.

Students enrolled in 2018 are from a special educational program administered by China's Ministry of Commerce and implemented by the CWU to further strengthen communication and cooperation between China and other countries as well as create talents for developing countries.

The five-day tour, which was an important component of social practice for attendees at the CWU's School of International Education, was designed to help them learn more about the economy, culture and industrial development of the city.

During the delegation's visit to Shantou University (SU), Huang Lijiao, Vice-President of the Women's Federation of Shantou City, and Fang Lian, Director of the Center for Women's Studies under the SU, gave separate talks for them about the general development of the city's work in women's affairs and the university's experience in enhancing the leadership of female officials in rural areas.

The delegation held discussions with local businesswomen about their entrepreneurial experience when visiting Guangdong Huasheng Meto Green Tech Holdings Limited in Shantou.

In addition, they also toured Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture Co and P.A. City to learn about the mode of economic development and efforts to nurture signature industries in Shantou.

The inspection tour also brought them to residential communities, rural areas and featured museums, where they were exposed to the achievements in the development of rural China and the administration of rural affairs, the charm of traditional Chinese culture, and development opportunities brought by cultural preservation and technological growth.

At the closing ceremony of the inspection trip, Wang said that participants had gained a better understanding of local culture, learnt more about entrepreneurial experience of businesswomen and their roles in social and economic development, seen the improvement of local residents' lives unleashed by the scheme of developing rural areas and the achievements of China's reform and opening-up, and experienced the charisma of Shantou.

The foreign students said that the tour had helped them learn more about China's efforts to preserve traditional culture, promote gender equality and protect women's rights to development, and that they had witnessed the remarkable growth of China's economy as well as its culture.

They went on to say that they would grasp the opportunities produced by the Belt and Road Initiative to promote friendly cooperation between China and their home countries and strive for higher contributions to the development of women's affairs on their return home.

Participants at a welcoming ceremony held for the CWU delegation during their visit to Shantou, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, on April 1-5. [China Women's University]

The CWU delegation listens to an introduction to the local government's efforts to develop rural areas during their visit to Shantou, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, on April 1-5. [China Women's University]

The CWU delegation poses in a museum during their visit to Shantou, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, on April 1-5. [China Women's University]

Wang Jingxia speaks at the closing ceremony on April 5. [China Women's University]

A group photo of the CWU delegation [China Women's University]

(Source: China Women's University /Translated and edited by Women of China)