During the third week of October, Dr. Wei Li attended the CI Director Training Session at Xiamen University. This training is organized by Hanban and hosted by Xiamen University. Seventy Two CI directors from many different countries from all over the world participated in the training session.
The vice president of Xiamen University, Dr. Zhan Xinli, gave a speech at the opening ceremony welcoming all the participating directors to Xiamen. The deputy director general of Hanban, Mr. Xia Jianhui, delivered a presentation at the session and also answered questions from the directors along with other Hanban officials.
The training sessions were every effective and fruitful. All the participating directors had a chance to share their work and experiences, as well as have a good discussion on some concerns and ideas to improve the CI work. During the training sessions, all the delegates had the opportunity to visit the famous culture city, Quanzhou, that is the harbor city which is considered as the starting point of the silk-road of the sea, initiated hundreds of years ago. and le ad by one well-known Chinese Admiral named Zheng He.
At the end of the training, Dr. Roger Lord, the Canadian piano prodigy, put a concert for all the director, students and teachers from Xiamen University.