Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, September 11 (Reporters Xu Xiaoqing, Huang Anqi, Wang Jingyuan) European-style high stools are neatly arranged, forming an elegant arc; the fragrance of tea and coffee are intertwined in the air, which is encouraging; the Bund bell rings regularly, as if reminding people to seize the time of face-to-face communication, communicate information, share stories, and express emotions...
No. 220 Sichuan Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, also known as the New HSBC Building (Little HSBC), was built in 1928 and is a supporting building of the HSBC Bank Building. This excellent historical protection building in Shanghai used to be the office of official institutions and state-owned enterprises.
Shanghai Bund River View (Data Photo). Photo by Wang Xiang, Xinhua News Agency reporter
A year ago, a new "Shanghai Overseas Students' Home" was established on the second floor here, and various Chinese and foreign exchange activities were held every month. European and American Alumni Association members, returning students, and foreigners in Shanghai quickly gathered together, so they felt the flavor of "reunion every month".
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the "Home for Overseas Students" is even more lively. The face-to-face exchange activities that have been suspended for nearly half a year have resumed since August, and by early September, many youth salons and dialogues have been held here.
One of the events invited representatives of foreign youth in Shanghai from the United States, Sweden , Netherlands , Cuba and other countries to have a dialogue with returning students from European and American Alumni Associations to talk about the sweet and sorrow of working and living in Shanghai.
How to take into account cost savings and enhance efficiency in the process of employment and entrepreneurship, and how to make good use of China's local technology and cultural strengths are all issues that concern to representatives of Chinese and foreign youth. Volunteers of the "Home for Overseas Students" actively answered questions and answered questions for foreign friends.
Shanghai Bund Street View (Data Picture). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Fei
Arabul Arias, a dance teacher from Cuba, is visiting the "Home of Overseas Students". He believes that there are many employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in Shanghai, and young people who come from a foreign country must hope to get more guidance. The "Home for Overseas Students" is such a place that gives people a friendly feeling.
In that salon, Alabur met She Wanting, who started a business in Shanghai. They plan to regularly communicate and exchange new trends in the cultural and artistic market in the future.
On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, around the hot topics of private exchanges in the fields of education, medical care, culture and finance between China and the UK, representatives of British youth from Shanghai and Chinese scholars visiting the UK also gathered at the "Home for Study Abroaders".
professor Huang Xingfeng of Shanghai Normal University introduced his experiences in exchanges and learning between primary school mathematics teachers in China and the UK since 2014. When the cover photo of the English version of Shanghai Mathematics "One Lesson and One Practice" series of tutoring materials appeared in the projection screen, warm applause rang out on the scene.
More than young representatives who witnessed and participated in Sino-UK education exchanges admitted that the two countries have rich educational resources and have close contact in recent years. Teachers learn from each other, especially sharing "Shanghai cases" in the field of mathematics and exploring and optimizing educational practices, which is very inspiring for future educational exchanges and cooperation in other fields.
Representative of returning overseas students and event volunteer Yuan Yuan said that in this "small world" adjacent to Bund , many "new Shanghai people" who returned from studying abroad can also discover their value and find more opportunities.
Shanghai European and American Alumni Association Vice President Yu Bing believes that carrying out rich and diverse activities in the "Home of Overseas Students" is to continue to promote the exchanges and integration of Chinese and foreign cultures on the land of Shanghai, create a more open and inclusive cultural environment, and cultivate the talent advantages of Shanghai's development.
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