July 16, the opening ceremony of the VI Russian-Chinese Volga-Yangtze Youth Forum was held in Changsha (China, Hunan Province) with the participation of Wang Yun, State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China and Oleg Mashkovtsev, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Volga Federal District.
The Russian delegation included more than 130 students from higher educational institutions of the Volga Federal District. These are top students, leaders of public youth life, talented artists and athletes.
The Chuvash Republic is represented at the forum by 9 people. Among them are Rina Abeyeva and Maria Bogdanova, 2nd-year students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages from the Chuvash State pedagogical University.
As part of the opening of the Russian-Chinese Youth Forum, a spectacular event took place when a special “vessel of friendship” was filled with water taken from the Volga and Yangtze rivers, which symbolizes strong long-term ties between the two countries. The ceremony was followed by a concert organized by Russian and Chinese students.
For ten days, Russian students will become familiar with the work of local universities, high-tech enterprises, listen to lectures by leading Chinese scholars, get acquainted with the history and traditional national culture of China and Hunan province (tea ceremony, local opera, folk musical instrument, paper cutting, Chinese knot tying). The program of the Forum includes visits to well-known Chinese companies (Zoomlion, BROAD), railway traffic safety laboratories of the Ministry of Education of China, as well as cultural attractions (Mao Tse-Tung’s place of birth, Liu Shaoqi’s residence-museum, Li Zijian Art Museum, Center of Ceramics in Lilin). Our students will also take part in concerts, round tables, sports competitions, participation in Day of Russia and Day of China thematic forums. The Forum will complete its work on July 25th.

Photo from the archive of R. Abeyeva

July 16, 2019