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 On March 9, the "Welcome to China" Program for China-UK Youth Cultural Exchanges, sponsored by the Center for International People-to-People Exchanges of the Ministry of Education and undertaken by the School of Continuing Education of Beijing Polytechnic University, opened at the Lecture Hall of the Comprehensive Building. Thirty-one teachers and students from Clarendon School in the UK gathered on campus to embark on a wonderful journey integrating vocational education features, technological experiences and cultural exchanges. Xia Xin, Senior Project Supervisor of the Development Planning Department of the Center for International People-to-People Exchanges of the Ministry of Education, Wu Yinxia, Executive Chairperson of the British Educational Technology Association China, Pan Li, Director of International Affairs of the British Educational Technology Association, and Wen Lulu, Project Director of China-UK Youth Cultural Exchanges, attended the event. Xin Xiulan, Member of the Standing Committee of the University Party Committee and Vice President, as well as directors from the School of Continuing Education, Division of International Cooperation & Exchange (Office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs) and other departments also participated in the ceremony.

 On behalf of all teachers and students of the university, Xin Xiulan extended her sincere greetings to the teachers and students from Clarendon School who traveled from afar, and expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the Center for International People-to-People Exchanges of the Ministry of Education and the Social Development Bureau of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area for their long-term care and support for the university’s international exchange endeavors. She pointed out that against the backdrop of economic globalization, the university has placed international exchanges and cooperation in a prominent position, actively building a platform for youth exchanges between China and foreign countries to showcase the excellence of vocational education and the progress of China’s science and technology to the world. The visit of British teachers and students to Beijing Polytechnic University is not only an affirmation of the university’s educational standards, but also a valuable opportunity to deepen exchanges between Chinese and British youth. She hoped that British students could experience the vibrant development of China’s vocational education, appreciate the unique charm of fine traditional Chinese culture, gain new knowledge and forge friendships through technological interactions, and become young envoys of China-UK cultural exchanges, enabling more British friends to understand a real, three-dimensional and comprehensive China.

 After the ceremony, the British teachers and students visited the School of Intelligent Connected Vehicles Industry of the university and experienced the featured bilingual course "Exploring Intelligent Robots". Teacher Wang Xuelei from the School of Automotive Engineering introduced the historical origin of intelligent manufacturing in China and the booming development of the robot industry. Teacher Lü Shixia, together with student volunteers, guided British teenagers to operate intelligent robots, learn basic programming and complete simple robot motion debugging through hands-on practice and interactive exploration, allowing everyone to experience the mystery of intelligent technology in fun practice. Chinese and British teachers and students actively interacted and communicated enthusiastically in class, and the seeds of vocational education enlightenment quietly sprouted amid cross-cultural exchanges.

 Subsequently, the British delegation visited the Robot World in Yizhuang International Robot Industrial Park, where they observed featured sections such as embodied intelligent robots and medical robots at close range, learned about cutting-edge applications of various industrial and service robots, and experienced the innovative achievements of China’s robot industry in an immersive way. They stopped to ask questions and take photos frequently, praising the robust strength of China’s intelligent manufacturing.

 This program is an important measure for the university to implement the two-way exchanges of "going global" and "bringing in" for vocational education in the new era, as well as a vivid practice of giving play to the characteristics of vocational education and building a technological and cultural exchange platform for Chinese and foreign youth. In the future, the School of Continuing Education will continue to deepen international education cooperation and technological and cultural mutual learning with technology as a bond and exchanges as a bridge, enabling more foreign friends to experience the development vitality of China’s vocational education, and contributing the strength of Beijing Polytechnic University to telling the story of Chinese vocational education and spreading the characteristics and experience of the capital’s vocational education.