Source: Office of International Cooperation & Exchange
Written by: Office of International Cooperation & Exchange
Proofread by: Huang Zhiying
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

On September 20-26, 2015, the students culture and arts exchange group of Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), together with the student art group of Jinan University, visited three universities in Russia. The SYSU student group, led by Zheng Li from SYSU Youth Association and Deng Jie from School of International Studies, was made up of 14 postgraduate and undergraduate students from different schools and departments at SYSU.

The students staged a show in Moscow State University, Russian New University and Saint Petersburg State University respectively. SYSU students performed Guqin, Zither, Erhu, Peking Opera, Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, while Jinan University students performed Chinese ethnic singing and dancing and martial arts, jointly presenting traditional Chinese culture and arts to the Russian audiences. These performances promoted the communications and exchanges between Chinese and Russian university students and strengthened their friendship. The show was a great success, just as a professor from the Faculty of Medicine of Saint Petersburg State University said, “It’s the first group from Guangdong to give performance in Saint Petersburg…every performer has acted remarkably well”.

This event aimed to respond to the call by Chinese and Russian leaders for organizing the China-Russia Youth Year of Friendship Exchanges. It received great support from Guangdong provincial government and the Department of Education of Guangdong Province. It was well coordinated by our partner university Russian New University, and won great support from Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University as well.

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