On June 23, NENU held the opening ceremony of the "Summer Camp for College Students on both sides of the Taiwan Straits in 2019". Zhang Shuyou, Director of Taiwan Affairs Office of Jilin Province, and Liu Chiwei, Director of Secretariat attended the opening ceremony. Vice President Han Dongyu of NENU, Director Zhang Jingping of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office, and relevant persons in charge of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office attended it.
At the opening ceremony, Zhang Shuyou, Han Dongyu, Huang Changtai of Tsinghua University in Taiwan and the representatives of the campers made speeches respectively. Liu Chiwei and Zhang Jingping gave banners to representatives of students from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The camp lasted for 10 days, involving 11 teachers from 18 universities in Taiwan and more than 140 students from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. This event included the Northeast Regional Culture Lecture, Changbai Cultural Experience Tour, Future University Speech Competition and other wonderful academic and cultural activities. This activity strengthened the cross-strait youth's sense of identity and belonging to the Chinese nation and culture, provided a platform for cross-strait youth students to exchange, and built a bridge of friendship between each other.
(From News Center, translated by Liu Wei, revised by Chen Yanxu)