The online awards ceremony of the short video contest"China in My Eyes—Beautiful Countryside"washeldat the Guizhou Foreign Affairs Officeon December 15, 2021，which was hostedby the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.Zhang Hanlin, Party Secretary and Director of the Guizhou Foreign Affairs Office, Jiang Hong, member of the Party Group of the Guizhou Foreign Affairs Office, andVicePresident of the Provincial Friendship Association with Foreign Countries,Wang Rui, Director of International Office ofGuizhou Provincial Department of Education and other leaders attended the event.

On-site photos of the meeting

Meng Jie, representative of international students, delivered a speech

This contest exhibits a real and comprehensive China to the World.At the award ceremony, Meng Jie, an international student from GuizhouMinzuUniversity,as the award-winning representative of Guizhou, gave a keynote speech on the topic of "Propagating Chinese Culture as a Good Exchange Messenger". Meng Jie said: "Guizhou is a place with a unique charm and full of regional culture. The people here are unpretentious, gentle and affectionate! The warm winter and cool summer climate makes me comfortable, and the colorful Guizhou always brings me surprises. In addition to the mountains and rivers of Guizhou, there are many ethnic minorities gathered together, which made me truly feel the unity and strong national cohesion of the Chinesepeoplefor the first time! At the same time, the environment where ethnic minorities live in harmony also allows me to integrate into it more quickly and makes me feel very tolerant. The mountains here are beautiful! Theriveris beautiful! People are more beautiful! I want to tellall ofmy friends loudly.——I am very lucky to behere,in Guizhou."

Through this activity, the international students ofGZMUhave a deeper understanding of Chinese traditional culture. They expressed the hope that in the future, they can have a deeper understanding of the new vision of rural revitalization and the new life of the ethnic minorities in Guizhou after China’s poverty alleviation, so that they can take what they have learned back to their hometowns, tell Chinese stories, spread Chinese culture, and be a friendlyexchangemessengerbetween China and foreign countries!

This competition received a total of 360 short video works from international students from more than 40 countries. The workshandedby the International Education College ofGZMUstood out and were selected asone of43 outstanding works across the country.Ms.Dai Lili, Dean of the International Education CollegeandMs.Chen Chi from thecollegeof GuizhouMinzuUniversitywon theOutstanding Instructor AwardofGuizhou Province.

Wang Rui, Director of International Office ofGuizhou Provincial Department ofEducationpresentingtheaward toMs.Chen Chi