The vice premier of Chinese state council, Liu yandong attended the graduation conference of the Ethiopian students who have once studied abroad in China in Addis Ababa.
Government officials, entrepreneurs, university professors all kinds of people coming from Ethiopia attended the conference. But one thing they have in common is that they all have once studied abroad in China and they can speak Chinese well. When they heard that they would meet the vice Premier Liu Yandong, they were very excited and came to the venue early.
The president of Ethiopia Kong Fu association Abdurrahman spoke at first, he said that:” I have two motherlands, one is Ethiopian, one is China, and China is my second motherland. The reason why love China is not only because I have been studying in China for three years, but also because of close ties between China and Ethiopia. The two countries have close ties in political, economic, cultural and other aspects and they also have a deep-level exchanges and cooperation. China is a good example for Ethiopia. I hope after 10 years, 20 years, Ethiopia can come to a new level. It can get the power to change its poverty and make it people to live a happy life. Abdulrahman’s prologue resonated students present powerfully.
Ihanice, who have 13 years’ experience of studying abroad in China, was once study Medical in Zhongshan Medical University and Sichuan University. He is teaching at Addis Ababa University now. Ihanice expressed his gratitude and love to China. He said that: “Thanks for China government who give me financial support. So I had the opportunity to study in China, and after graduation to serve my country. Study experience in China changed my life, in my opinion; I sincerely thank my Chinese culture teachers, and I also sincerely thank my teachers outside the classroom that is Great Chinese people. Living together with the Chinese people are industrious and friendly luckiest of my life.
When hearing these soulful speech, and seeing the sincere smile of those young people. Liu Yandong, Vice Prime Minister interjected from time to time. She said that:” this is my first time to have a face discussion with international graduates. Everyone here is fluent in Chinese. you can feel deeply profound friendship between China and Egypt, I am proud of you who have gain great achievements in your fields, but I also hope that you can convey what you have learned in China to the Student in Ethiopia.” Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Liu Yandong hoped the people here not only talked about their feelings, but also talked about how to promote friendship between China and Egypt. She hoped to get more suggestions to improve the proposal about studying abroad in China.
Without one second that the premier ended her words, Iha Nice preemptive said：“I am very grateful to my teachers in Zhongshan University. They care about my life, they have strict requirements. While learning Chinese is difficult, and learning in the process encountered many difficulties, but I learned a real skill. I hope that Schools now can enroll more foreign students, and I also hope that these universities can be my teachers like them in Zhongshan University, they have the same strict standards to ensure quality. Liu Yandong immediately said to the presence of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Education Yuan Guiren that this opinion is very good, very important, the education sector should be seriously studied.
Faced with such a lively scene, Liu Yandong, Vice premier announced on the spot that from 2014, the Chinese government scholarship provided to Ethiopia will rise to double than before. And by that way, more young people of Ethiopia will have chance to study in China. She also said that, in the next year. China will provide 100 Confucius institute scholarship for students in Ethiopia. After hearing this, a burst of applause broke out. Everyone nodded with smile on their face.