LUCI Held 2017–2018 New Semester Opening Ceremony

At 18:00 on September 15th, the 2017—2018 LUCI new semester opening ceremony was held at the main building of the University of Latvia. Prof. Shang Quanyu, Chinese-side Director of LUCI, Laura Zatina, LUCI secretary, Chinese Teacher Ms. Dong Fang, Latvian Native Chinese Teacher Ms. Ma xiaoxiao, Volunteer Chinese Teachers Zeng Qingjun, Lin Jie, Wu Tiantian, Wu Wei, Teng Fei, Zhu Yue, Zhang Yang, Liu Mengke, and students in the classes of all levels with their parents attended the opening ceremony.

Professor Shang Quanyu introduced to the students the development of LUCI and the major events planned by LUCI this year, and invited all the students to participate in the upcoming activities. The LUCI Secretary Laura explained to the participants the course arrangement, Chinese Bridge Competition, Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK), summer camps and other events about to be held. Ms. Ma xiaoxiao, Latvian Native Chinese Teacher of Beginner’ Classes and Intermediate Classes for Children, Teng Fei, Lin Jie, Zeng Qingjun and Zhu Yue, volunteer teachers of Advanced Classes for Children and Intermediate Classes for Adult, Beginner’ Classes for Adult, Advanced Classes for Adult , Higher Advanced Classes for Adult also introduced the course arrangement and teaching plan to the students.

All the students actively participated the ceremony,so the atmosphere was very warm. Although students are of different ages and careers, they have a common characteristic: having great passion on Chinese and hoping to learn Chinese and understand more about China.