Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) held a series of online “Chinese Bridge” cooperation projects from July 20 to August 7, including an “Immersion and Impression” online summer camp for European middle school students, an online summer camp for university students, and a “Find China-Lingnan stop” (Chinese and German) online summer camp. 

Jin Limin, head of the Office of Confucius Institutes of BFSU, speaks at the launching ceremony of the summer camps.

Sponsored by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, and organized by the Office of Confucius Institutes of BFSU, the 2021 “Chinese Bridge” online projects involve summer camps tailored to participants’ ages and nationalities.

Themed on the “Enhancement of Chinese and cultural perception”, these summer camps used language learning and cultural lectures through live and recorded lessons to allow participants to experience Chinese culture from different perspectives, and achieve a deeper understanding of modern Chinese culture and improve their Chinese language.

At the launching ceremony of the summer camps, Jin Limin, head of the Office of Confucius Institutes of BFSU, said that hopefully, the participating students can comprehensively and multidimensionally learn the Chinese language and about Chinese culture.

BFSU holds a series of online “Chinese Bridge” cooperation projects from July 20 to August 7.

The “Immersion and Impression” online summer camp for European middle school students, and the online summer camp for university students were hosted by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. The teachers and students of the School of Chinese Language and Literature of BFSU gave Chinese lessons to 176 students from 11 countries, including Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Spain. The project included Chinese language courses, traditional Chinese culture themed activities, lectures on China, and a series of Chinese-related videos.

BFSU holds a series of online “Chinese Bridge” cooperation projects from July 20 to August 7.

The “Find China-Lingnan” (Chinese and German) online summer camp was organized by the Graduate School of Foshan of BFSU, with the participation of 97 students from 14 countries, including Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Britain and Poland. The project aimed to encourage the inheritance and development of history and culture in the Lingnan area (including Guangdong province, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Hainan province, Hong Kong and Macao). It provided students with an opportunity to learn about the unique Lingnan culture through a Chinese language course, a culture experience course and a practice course. The project team taught foreign students to sing Cantonese songs, make Lingnan dishes and complete scenic spot puzzles. Those activities were well received by the students.