On 12 July 2016, the 1st ASEAN-China Youth Summer Camp (ACYSC), sponsored and hosted by ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), co-organized by China Education Association of International Exchange (CEAIE), Tianjin International Chinese College (TICC), was kicked off at Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) in Beijing. The delegation, comprising of 33 students from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Korea and Japan, and officials from the Embassies of ASEAN Member States in Beijing attended the Opening Ceremony. Mr. Tri Purnajaya, Director of Education Culture and Tourism Division (ECTD) of ACC, Ms. Elizabeth T. Te, Chargé d’ Affaires of the Embassy of the Philippines, Ms. Shen Xuesong, Deputy Secretary-General of CEAIE, Mr. Ma Tieshi, Deputy Director of Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of BLCU participated in the ceremony and delivered their respective remarks.
Director Tri Purnajaya welcomed all of the students to join the ACYSC, and expressed his sincere appreciation to CEAIE and BLCU for their strong support to ACC. He said that youth was our future, and shouldered responsibilities of future development, and believed that the ACYSC would serve as an excellent platform to facilitate communication and exchange, enhance mutual understanding and friendship among them.
Ms. Shen Xuesong of CEAIE, Ms. Elizabeth T. Te of the Embassy of the Philippines, Mr. Ma Tieshi of BLCU in their remarks positively affirmed the significance of this event, and highly praised ACC’s work. They encouraged the students could take this opportunity to learn more from each other, build trust and make friends, experience the culture of China, learn Chinese language, and gain more knowledge from the twelve-day life in China. The representatives from ASEAN and China also made a short presentations at the Opening Ceremony.
On the same day, the delegation also toured around the campus of BLCU to feel the atmosphere of Chinese University.