Ceremony Marks Completion of Chinese Language Course
Ceremony Marks Completion of Chinese Language Course
  • Korea IT Times (info@koreaittimes.com)
  • 승인 2012.02.02 09:41
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SEOUL, KOREA ― A ceremony was held at the Foreign Ministry on January 31 to mark the completion of a Chinese language course. This was offered as an effort to promote friendly exchanges between the Republic of Korea and China and brought students, parents, and teachers together. The ROK Ambassador for Public Diplomacy, Ma Young-sam, and Chinese Ambassador to the ROK, Zhang Xinsen also attended.

 

The Chinese language course was designed as part of the ROK’s public and complex diplomacy aimed at strengthening the capacity for conducting diplomatic activities involving Chinese citizens and promoting the friendship between the youth of the two countries. Teams of two college students from the ROK and three Chinese students studying in Korea taught each class and a total of 60 middle school students attended the program from November 2011 through January 2012.

In his congratulatory speech, Ambassador Ma praised the teachers for their extraordinary volunteer service over the three months. He also noted with appreciation that the language program contributed greatly to promoting the friendship between the youths of the two countries and served as a valuable opportunity to enhance mutual understanding and communication. This event also marked the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations and voiced hope that the students and the teachers who participated in the program would play an important role in developing future relations between their countries.

Chinese Ambassador Zhang took note of the rapid growth of friendship and exchange. He mentioned, in particular, the education sector between the ROK and China over the last 20 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992. He requested that the students and the teachers who participated in the course to maintain friendly ties between the two countries in the future. This will aid in faithfully fulfilling the roles as civilian diplomats.

The students and teachers affirmed their strong friendship by sharing their opinions about the three-month course and singing songs together in Chinese. They also conveyed gratitude to each other as well as to the Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy of the ROK for organizing this program.

The Foreign Ministry plans to further boost complex and public diplomacy, through which the diplomatic horizon can be broadened. They will also seek out more ways to vitalize direct communication with the public to expand its “outreach diplomacy.” 


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