The 10th Summer School for University Students from MemberStates and ObserverStates of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in ECNU from July 1 to 25.
2019 SCO summer school is held in ECNU.
At an opening ceremony on July 2, ECNU University Council Chairman Tong Shijun extended warm welcome to students from SCO members states: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as observer state Belarus. He hoped everyone could benefit from their stay at the school.
Matsel Valeriy, consul-general of Belarus in Shanghai, and Ernst Yurkin, deputy consul-general of Russia in Shanghai, delivered speeches at the ceremony expressing thanks to ECNU for its efforts to train talented students and enhance mutual trust and friendship between SCO member states. Importantly, they asked students to cherish the opportunity to enrich themselves and get a better understanding of Shanghai and China.
University Council chairman of ECNU Tong Shijun delivers his speech.
The ceremony also paid tribute to the 10th anniversary of the launch of the summer school.
Toure, a Belarusian who attended the first summer school 10 years ago, and Nasha, from Russia, who was a student of the summer school five years ago and obtained a master's degree in ECNU, were invited to make speeches at the ceremony. Zhilong, who attended the 7th summer school and now works at the Tajikistan Foreign Ministry, sent his regards through a video. The three of them recalled on the old days in the summer school and how their experiences at ECNU had changed their life by making them more attached to China.
The organization committee hands out certificates to volunteers for summer school.
At the ceremony, the organizing committee granted certificates to people who have rendered great support to the school. Tong Shijun announced the start of the 2019 summer school and conferred the school flag to representatives from different countries by displaying it in their national costumes – this led to a thunderous applause.
The ceremony ended with a Chinese folk instrumental and vocal music performance by ECNU Art Troupe.
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