NJCIT Students Attend the 2021 B&R Youth Sports Exchange Week upon Invitation

On December 5, the opening ceremony of the 2021 B&R Youth Sports Exchange Week (Jiangsu Province) was held at Jiangsu Jiangning Football Training Base. The event was co-sponsored by the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Administration, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education and Foreign Affairs Office of Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, and organized by the Jiangsu Provincial International Sports Exchange Center under the guidance of the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Belt and Road Initiative in Jiangsu Province. Three international students and five Chinese students from our college participated in outdoor sports such as curling, baseball, and disc golf under the leadership of Dai Yangzhi, a teacher from the School of International Education.

The event is themed Sports ignite passion and youth inspires dreams. Carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road and build a better future together. Our participating students successfully completed all the tasks of the event and achieved excellent results with the joint efforts of all parties. This fully demonstrated the sports spirit of unity, cooperation and hard work, enriched the after-school cultural life of our students, and deepened friendships between Chinese and foreign students. The college will take this event as an opportunity to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with sister institutions, and step up efforts to show the youth in Belt and Road countries the unique history, culture and local customs of Jiangsu Province.

It is reported that the Sports Exchange Week was held from December 2 to 8, including such competition events as the 2021 B&R International Young Men's 3x3 Basketball Invitational Tournament, B&R Youth Outdoor Sports Challenge, the 5th B&R International Youth Orienteering Traning Camp and a series of youth sports and cultural exchange activities. The event attracted 209 international youths from 62 countries and regions along the Belt and Road who have been working and studying in Nanjing for a long time. Our college won the moral and ethical award of the 2021 B&R Youth Outdoor Sports Challenge during the Sports Exchange Week.

Photo by Dai Yangzhi, School of International Education  Text by Qiu Bai, School of International Education