more than 100 young people from hong kong, macao, taiwan and overseas chinese participated in the beijing-hong kong freshman orientation camp
2024-09-24
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china news service, beijing, september 22 (reporter zhang xiaoxi) the closing ceremony of the 11th beijing-hong kong freshman orientation camp was held in beijing on the 22nd. the two-day orientation camp attracted more than 100 young students from hong kong, macao, taiwan and overseas chinese from beijing universities, the largest number in history. the young students forged friendships during the event and expressed their expectations for their future life in beijing.
the event is hosted by the overseas friendship association of haidian district, beijing, the returned overseas chinese federation of haidian district, beijing, the youth federation of haidian district, beijing, and the hong kong professionals (beijing) association, and supported by the hong kong beijing community association, the hong kong mainland economic and trade association, and the hong kong and macao youth beijing forum.
on september 22, the closing ceremony of the 11th beijing-hong kong freshman orientation camp was held in beijing. photo courtesy of the hong kong professionals (beijing) association, china news service
according to the organizer, a total of 236 people signed up for the beijing-hong kong freshman orientation camp, and 157 participants were finally selected, with the largest number of applicants and participants in history. freshmen accounted for more than 80%, of which hong kong freshmen accounted for about 75%, macau freshmen accounted for about 12%, taiwan freshmen accounted for about 9%, and overseas chinese freshmen also participated. these young students came from 20 different universities in beijing, including peking university, tsinghua university, renmin university of china, and beijing university of aeronautics and astronautics.
at the closing ceremony, shi yue, chairman of the beijing haidian district returned overseas chinese federation, said in his speech that the beijing-hong kong freshman orientation camp has been held for 11 consecutive years, with more than 1,000 students participating. the orientation camp provides a good start for students from hong kong, macao, taiwan and overseas chinese to exchange and learn from each other. he hopes that everyone will cherish this rare opportunity, continue to enhance friendship and grow together in their future study and life, share more beijing stories with family and friends, and also hope that every student will seize the development opportunities of the times and contribute wisdom and strength to the realization of the chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation.
feng guoyou, president of the hong kong professionals (beijing) association, told china news service that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china and the 27th anniversary of hong kong's return to the motherland, so holding this orientation camp is particularly meaningful. he hopes that young students will understand and integrate into beijing through the activities and have good development prospects in the future.
tang jingqi, a freshman from hong kong currently studying at beijing jiaotong university, said that the atmosphere of the orientation camp was particularly good and made her feel that beijing would become her "second home". she was looking forward to studying and living here in the future.
chen yutian, a girl from taipei who is currently studying at the communication university of china, said that when she first arrived in beijing, there were many unfamiliar places. through this event, she made friends from different schools and felt more cordial and familiar with beijing.
the closing ceremony of the day also invited relevant personnel from the hong kong special administrative region government office in beijing to introduce their functions to the students present. many representatives and guests from the organizers who attended the event also presented awards to the first, second and third place teams of this year's beijing-hong kong freshman orientation camp. (end)
