The first session of the "WHO-LINKER Lake Neighbors” program was officially launched on April 25 at the Hangzhou International Sister Cities Pavilion in the West Lake Scenic Area. The event was co-organized by the Foreign Affairs Office of Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, the Administrative Committee of Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area, Zhejiang International Studies University (ZISU), and Hangzhou City University (HCU). Leaders from ZISU's College of Asian Languages and Cultures, members of the "WHO-LINKER Lake Neighbors" multilingual guiding team, and other attendees participated in the event.
The multilingual guiding program aims to create a foreign language guiding team with both a deep understanding of the West Lake culture and an international perspective through tripartite cooperation among the Hangzhou Foreign Affairs Office, the West Lake Scenic Area, and universities. The team is primarily composed of foreign language students from ZISU and HCU, covering 10 languages including English, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Vietnamese, Russian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
At the launching ceremony, the head ofthe School of Asian Languages and Culturespresented a visiting lecturer certificate to Ding Luyun, head of the Ding Luyun Guiding Skills Master Studio at the Comprehensive Affairs Support Center of the Hangzhou West Lake Scenic Area Administrative Committee. Before the ceremony, ZISU students delivered a multilingual recitation of Su Shi’s poem “Drinking at the Lake, FirstinSunny, then in Rainy Weather,” winning continuous applause from the audience.
At the Hangzhou International Sister Cities Pavilion, members of the multilingual guiding team engaged in practical activities through forms such as multilingual flash mobs of West Lake poetry, on-site guiding, and cultural experiences, interpreting the stories of the West Lake cultural heritage and Hangzhou's international exchange achievements in multiple languages to boost the city’s internationalization.
The event was also covered by media outlets such as People's Daily, Hangzhou Release, and Hangzhou Daily.
·People's Daily:http://app.people.cn/h5/detail/normal/6289521632740352
·Hangzhou Release (Video Channel)
·Hangzhou Daily (Video Channel)
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