国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

World / Asia-Pacific

NZ launches first kiwi-driven Chinese Language Week

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-09-07 15:10

WELLINGTON - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said in a congratulations video that learning Chinese is beneficial to both countries and a lot of fun, as the first Chinese Language Week of New Zealand is launched at East Girls College in Wellington on Monday.

Hekia Parata, the New Zealand education minister, said the events during the Chinese Language Week will give New Zealand students opportunities to learn more Chinese and better understand Chinese culture.

Lucy, year-13 student at Wellington East Girls College, said that the five years of learning Chinese is a very interesting experience. It gave her a lot of opportunities to go to China and learn a lot of Chinese culture.

Learning Chinese is quite beneficial for her future, as Lucy said in the launching ceremony. Since China and New Zealand have a strong economic relationship, Lucy believes herself to have great advantages in job market after mastering Chinese skills.

"Who knows, maybe my future best friend can only speak Chinese," said Lucy.

Lucy and Minister Parata, together with other students in the college, danced during the ceremony following Chinese pop-song Little Apple.

Patrick English, executive director for the New Zealand China Council and the former New Zealand consul general served in Guangzhou, told students his own experience of learning Chinese. As one of the trustee of the Chinese Language Week, English said it is very important to learn Chinese at a comparatively young age.

By using the Chinese word "Da Jia Hao" and "Xie Xie," John Key practiced his Chinese Language skill in a congratulations video released Monday.

Key said in the video: "China and New Zealand relationship continues to grow from strength to strength. There're so much engagements with our peoples. So, of course learning Chinese here in New Zealand, learning Mandarin, in some cases Cantonese, is very important thing to do."

Xu Lin, the chief secretary of Confucius Institute Headquarters, said in a congratulations letter that New Zealand Chinese Language Week is the first Chinese Language Week organized by a Western country with a "bottom-up" approach.

"The launch of New Zealand Chinese Language Week demonstrates an urgent desire by New Zealand people to learn Chinese language and to understand Chinese culture in the context of the comprehensive development of China-New Zealand relationship and the deepening of people-to-people exchanges," said Xu.

According to the organizer, Chinese Language Week of New Zealand will be celebrated during the second week of September each year to coincide with the Chinese Moon Festival. Meanwhile, a number of initiatives will be running throughout the year on an ongoing basis, such as Chinese cultural performances, art exhibitions, language lessons on public broadcasters, language seminars, library corners, essay competitions and training courses for professionals.

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
樟树市| 松原市| 布尔津县| 元朗区| 广元市| 西乌珠穆沁旗| 桂林市| 万年县| 绥滨县| 海原县| 无棣县| 陇南市| 临朐县| 长顺县| 永嘉县| 遵义县| 博野县| 罗山县| 精河县| 大连市| 五华县| 白朗县| 朝阳县| 莱州市| 资阳市| 同心县| 视频| 嘉定区| 罗江县| 中西区| 保靖县| 马龙县| 台北县| 耿马| 永清县| 兴安盟| 林甸县| 石台县| 新建县| 义马市| 唐河县|