On the afternoon of June 16, QNU held the opening ceremony for the 2024 "Silk Road Chinese Education" Training Program for Principals of Filipino Chinese Schools, and launched ceremony of China-Philippines Cultural Exchange Week. The event was attended by Huang Jiangkun, Vice President of QNU, Zhang Zhiying, second-level inspector and Yu Feng, Director of the Culture and Education Departmentfrom the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Fujian Provincial People's Government, Lai Youwei, Deputy Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Quanzhou Municipal People's Government, Yang Meimei, Vice Chairperson of the Philippine Chinese Education Research Center, 22 principals and administrators of the 2024 training program, 79 teachers and students of the Chinese-learning Summer Camp for Filipino-Chinese Students, relevant staff from provincial and municipal overseas Chinese affairs offices, as well as heads of relevant departments and teacher-student representatives of QNU.
Huang Jiangkun, Zhang Zhiying, and Yang Meimei delivered speeches at the ceremony respectively. Filipino teachers and students, together with QNU teachers and students, engaged in cultural exchanges through performances of ethnic dances and songs, recitations of Chinese classics, and traditional dragon and lion dances. Following the ceremony, attendees visited the Philippine culture and Chinese Education exhibition,to learn about the Philippine local customs, the state of Chinese education in Philippine schools, and the achievements of the summer camp participants.
The 2024 "Silk Road Chinese Education" Training Program for Principals of Filipino Chinese Schools, from June 15 to 21, was organized by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Fujian Province and co-hosted by QNU and the Philippine Chinese Education Research Center. It brought together 22 principals and administrators from 17 Chinese schools in the Philippines. The concurrent QNU China-Philippines Cultural Exchange Week featured the Philippine culture and Chinese education exhibition, along with activities encompassing Chinese language learning, school management seminars, teaching observations, cultural experiences, and study tours to world heritage sites.