China News Service, Beijing, November 11th, title: Taiwanese youths visit the exhibition "Endeavoring the New Era": Perceive the appearance of the mainland and grasp the pulse of the times
Author Zhu He
20 Taiwanese youths studying and living in mainland colleges and universities walked into the Beijing Exhibition Hall on the 11th to visit the achievement exhibition on the theme of "Forwarding a New Era".
Many Taiwanese students were interviewed by reporters from Chinanews.com and said that through the exhibition, they learned about the overall appearance of the mainland, felt the pulse of the times in the development of the mainland, and looked forward to harvesting and growing in this vast world.
The exhibition consists of 6 exhibition areas including a central comprehensive exhibition area, a local exhibition area and an outdoor exhibition area, covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters. It uses more than 6,000 exhibition elements such as pictures, real objects and models to show the development achievements and changes of the mainland since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Traveling through the local exhibition area, Lai Senkui, a Taiwan student from Peking University, felt that the mainland is vast and rich in cultural diversity.
He told reporters that in the past there was a lack of opportunities to learn more about the mainland in Taiwan, but today's visit found that no matter Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shanxi or Shaanxi, each place has its own characteristics. ".
The six-year exchange study experience at Peking University planted a seed in Lai Senkui's heart, and he was admitted to the school for a doctorate this year.
He believes that the mainland market is developing rapidly and the salary level is relatively good. "Although Beijing is full of talents, large companies gather, and competition is fierce, there are more opportunities for young people to seize."
Fang Xiao, a Taiwanese exchange student who just came to Peking University's School of Arts in August this year, said that the exhibition more comprehensively showed the development of the mainland, and also showed a distinctive local style.
Observing that the mainland has ushered in the great development of culture and art in recent years, she said, "I am happy to see it and hope to see more breakthroughs in the future."
During his studies in mainland China, Fang Xiao felt that the campus environment was free and open, the learning atmosphere was strong, and the community activities were very diverse.
Su Jingyi, a Taiwanese girl who is also an exchange student, has similar feelings to her.
Su Jingyi said that there are countless outstanding classmates around. Although she feels the pressure of competition, she can also urge herself to keep moving forward.
She is very interested in innovation and entrepreneurship, and also feels the surging upsurge of "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" in mainland China, and looks forward to gaining more growth in this learning process.
During the visit, Su Jingyi was deeply impressed by the content related to poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.
She participated in the rural revitalization entrepreneurial project in the school curriculum, and learned about the great changes that have taken place in the mainland's rural areas. "Whether in Sichuan or Hunan, whether it is the living environment or the quality of children's education, many impoverished areas have greatly improved."
"Poverty alleviation must help wisdom", Su Jingyi also paid special attention to the concept of education poverty alleviation in mainland China.
She believes that the younger generation is the backbone of the future society, and the improvement of rural education is very critical to local poverty alleviation and future development.
The picture shows young people visiting the unit of the exhibition "Adhering to 'One Country, Two Systems' and Promoting the Reunification of the Motherland".
Photo by Zhu He
Young people stopped for a long time in the "One Country, Two Systems" Unit to Promote the Reunification of the Motherland" in the central comprehensive exhibition area. Lin Jiaxuan, a Taiwan student from Minzu University of China, and Wang Yiming from Renmin University of China found themselves in the group photo of the Taiwan Youth Winter Olympics city volunteers on display. Chen Guanying, a Taiwan student from Tsinghua University, took pictures in front of the painted wall of "One Family on both sides of the Strait".
The unit "Insist on promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind and creating a new situation in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics" also made Chen Guanying feel deeply.
According to the exhibition, China's diplomacy has always adhered to the concept of diplomacy for the people, and firmly safeguarded the safety and legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese citizens and institutions, so that compatriots around the world can feel the strength and warmth of the motherland.
"The 'compatriots' here also include Taiwan compatriots, showing the care of the mainland of the motherland." Chen Guanying told a reporter from Chinanews.com that the exhibition reminded her of the movie "The Journey Home" that she watched recently. One of the episodes is that Chinese diplomats are in During the evacuation process, they gave up their seats to Taiwan compatriots and stayed overseas.
She told reporters that a Taiwanese friend encountered local turmoil in Kazakhstan and returned to Beijing on a chartered flight with the help of Chinese diplomats.
Chen Guanying said that when the relevant departments provided assistance to this friend, many details were handled very humanely.
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