New Year Reception for Foreign Experts, Teachers & Students in Xinjiang

Honored Vice-Chairman Jin Nuo, Honored Vice-Secretary General Zhang Maohua, Honored Secretary Zhao Dezhong, all guests and friends, Good evening

Today, we are here holding the grand gathering to celebrate the coming New Year happily together, and Shihezi Univeristy is so honored to organize the New Year Reception sponsored by Xinjiang Department of Education. I, on behalf of Shihezi University, express my heartfelt thanks for the great trust from leaders of Xinjiang Uyghor Autonomous Region and Bingtun leaders, so many thanks for your long-term great supports and concerns in Shihezi University’s development, as well as for care and help from related senior departments, and meanwhile, my warmest welcome for the presence of all foreign experts, teachers, students and brother universities.

As we know, the tendency of internationalization of higher education in the twenty- first century has a great and deep influence on Chinese universities, and it has sped up the development of Chinese higher education and promoted the levels of education, research and teaching quality of Chinese universities. This tendency is greatly significant for the construction and development of our western universities.

Shihezi University has opened up to and stepped into the world, and vice versa. So far, Shihezi University has established relationships of academic exchange and research cooperation with nearly one hundred overseas universities and scientific research institutions, and made fruitful results in many fields. More and more well-known foreign scholars and teachers come to Shihezi University to deliver lectures and work, and more and more international students take the degree education and Chinese language training. All this makes its social reputation and influence become higher and greater.

An opening China is releasing its vitality and strength to the world and an opening university is brimming over with its vigor and hope. For that, Shihezi University is developing faster and better by its own advantages, and marching on to its goal to become a domestically- and- internationally- known teaching and research -model university.

As the subject of this reception expresses, international friendship is based on cultural exchange of different nations. Different national cultures have created colorful human civilizations, and the cultural exchange has developed human civilizations together. I believe its importance is also the same to the development of any university.

At last, I also express my heartfelt thanks for all staff members working hard for this reception, wish all guests and friends happy new year and good health, and wish the reception complete success! Thanks