On November 20, sponsored by The Center for Language Education and Cooperation of The Ministry of Education, and organized by Jilin Animation Institute, “A Century of Chinese Animation, Building the Future with Chinese Language - Jilin Animation Institute International Winter Camp Online Group Exchange Program” was launched in the “cloud”. It is also the second time our school has been approved for the “Chinese Bridge” online group exchange program. Wang Xiaoyan, Vice President of Jilin Animation Institute. Bao Yiping, Executive Deputy Director of International Cooperation and Development Center of Jilin Animation Institute. Chen Jun, Executive Vice President of School of International Exchange. The course teachers of the project, Yu Hejin, Wang Bingbing, Guan Jian and students from China, Belarus, Egypt, Russia, Myanmar, Japan, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Ukraine, Italy, Thailand, and Denmark 353 students from 12 countries and regions gathered in the “cloud” to celebrate the opening ceremony together.

This activity organizes online group teaching practice activities in the form of “real-time teaching + video courses + online activities”. During the winter camp, Jilin Animation Institute combines the school’s professional characteristics and advantages, use Chinese animation theme courses and Chinese language courses as the carrier, and use the “cloud classroom” form to show the long history of five thousand years of Chinese history and culture to students from all over the world, showcase the charm of digital China, and spread Chinese culture.

Some photos of students at the opening ceremony

At the opening ceremony, Wang Xiaoyan, Vice President of Jilin Animation Institute, expressed her sincere welcome to the guests and students attending this program. At the same time, she would like to express her sincere gratitude to the Chinese and Foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Education and Jilin Provincial Department of Education for their trust and guidance in hosting this program at Jilin Animation Institute! She said: “In the five-day winter camp course, you will not only learn Chinese language knowledge and experience the profound Chinese civilization, but also understand the charm of Chinese animation and the historical and cultural connotations contained in it. I believe that everyone will improve their Chinese. Moreover, it will enhance your understanding of Chinese animation art and culture. I hope students can like our Chinese Bridge online courses, and learn a lot in every course!”

Wang Xiaoyan, Vice President of JAI, delivered a welcome speech

Bao Yiping, Executive Deputy Director of International Cooperation and Development Center of JAI

Chen Jun, Executive Vice President of School of International Exchange. 

Yu Hejin, Project Chinese course teacher

Wang Bingbing, Project Chinese language teacher 

Guan Jian, Project animation course teacher 

Liu Baokun, Host of the opening ceremony 

Yan Luran, Host of the opening ceremony 

At the opening ceremony, representatives of students from various countries participating in this winter camp also gave the speeches, expressing their original intentions and expectations for participating in this program. The students are all very interested in this winter camp courses and hope to learn more about Chinese culture through learning Chinese and Chinese animation.

Representatives of students from various countries gave speeches

In order to allow students participating in this project to have a closer understanding of Chinese animation art, after the opening ceremony, the organizer also led the students to visit the exhibition of classic animation and painting manuscripts through a “cloud tour”. We hope that through this project, students from different countries will understand Chinese animation, like Chinese animation, and fall in love with Chinese animation.

We believe that through the five-day winter camp, students will not only learn profound Chinese, but also appreciate the artistic beauty of Chinese animation. Using Chinese as a bridge to see the world as wide as possible! Jilin Animation Institute will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the international community in the future, and carry out various exchange activities such as entrepreneurship in China, internships, winter and summer camps, workshops, etc., to provide more domestic and foreign students with learning and development opportunities.