I. History
The undertaking of international youth exchange has blazed a successful trail with support from the Party and the state leadership.
II. Introduction
China Youth Centre for International Exchange is an agency affiliated to the Central Committee of the China Communist Youth League and the All-China Youth Federation. It comprises of:
Sino-Japanese Youth Exchange Centre: jointly established by the governments of China and Japan, it strives to further the friendship between youth in the two countries and beyond, and to promote world peace through its facilities and services.
China Youth Centre for International Personnel Exchanges: a subsidiary of the Central Committee of the China Communist Youth League and the All-China Youth Federation, specializing in introducing foreign talents as well as international training and youth exchange. It was among the first nationally accredited agencies to organize overseas group training programs across various provinces and industries.
Mission
¢Improve the understanding, exchanges and cooperation between the young people in China and from around the world.
¢Promote international friendship and cooperation in education and culture.
Facilitate national development in harmony and overall social progress.
Objectives:
¢Implement the scientific approach to development with priority on development.
¢Build a platform of international youth exchange with integrated information service, human resources support and facility service.
¢Set up a world-level comprehensive international youth exchange centre which accommodates youth exchange, education cooperation, training, consultancy, economic and trade cooperation, and entertainment.
III. Message from Director Deng Yajun
Youth represents future, and the young are carriers of the great task and avid hope for social progress.
China today is entering an age of dynamic progress, an age of greater openness, and an age of stability, harmony and national rejuvenation. The young people in China are now broader in the vision and more eager to better themselves in both knowledge and competence. They are active engaged in China¨s own modernization and its international exchange and cooperation with other parts of the world.
In an age of globalization when everywhere in the world people opt for peace and progress, better international exchange and cooperation, and in particular that between the young people, commands great importance. China is home to a community of 400 million whom we call youth and children. Their future matters, not only to China, but also to the advancement for a world in harmony.
Exchange helps to deepen understanding, improve friendship and as a result serves as the cornerstone of world peace.
Exchange means learning from each other and find what is better for oneself and therefore is a means to greater competence.
Exchanges helps to build up trust though communication and in doing so gets cooperation and progress off ground.
China¨s youth exchange with the world is roaring ahead at an pace never before seen, what all of us would like to see. It is a manifestation of our effort to build a world in harmony and a request of the times.
China Youth Centre for International Exchange takes upon itself to further youth exchange between China and other parts of the world, and we are always ready to help facilitate interactions among the young people around the world.
We provide ideal accommodations for youth exchange, with start-of-the-art facilities.
We offer trainings of high professional standards and help to set sail the boat of young Chinese to the shore afar.
IV. Our Services
1. International Education Cooperation
We work according to international standards and practices in education and always seek to improve the ways and means for international education cooperation, which include pre-school, primary, secondary, tertiary and overseas education, or, in other words, a life-long education system to serve those eager to learn and deliver quality education. The centre now has a distinctive network of affiliates like the International Youth University, Beijing World Youth Academy, Beanstalk International School, Beanstalk International Kindergarten, Beijing Century Consulting and Service Co., Ltd., and the 21st Century Magazine, as well as partnership with hundreds of educational institutions around the globe. We have tens of thousands of foreign students studying in our institutions and programs of varied length, covering curriculums such as, English, Japanese, Korean, 3D design and pattern making of clothing design, flower arranging, ballroom dancing, Taiji shadow boxing, martial arts, cooking, calligraphy, painting and sado.
2. Overseas Training
In two decades, we have sent around ten thousand young technicians and managers overseas for professional training in more than 30 countries and regions, including the US, the UK, Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, etc; and have organized expert trainings attended by over 30 thousand people from both home and abroad over the years. In the recent years, we have received visits from over 100 friendly organizations including the Mansfield Foundation of the US, RKWC of Germany, Wellington City Council from New Zealand, Sino-Japanese Friendship Association of Construction Technology from Japan, Suwon Youth Culture Centre from Korea, etc. China Youth Consulting Co. Ltd. affiliated with the centre selects professionals of all sorts according to international and domestic market demand. To facilitate its work, the centre has also set up an alumni organization for returned students of programs organized by the All China Youth Federation, with nearly 3,000 members, who work in all industries across the country.
3. International Youth Culture Exchange
Our centre is a active supporter of youth culture exchange and possesses rich experiences in organizing art performance and visual productions. We also keep cooperative ties with almost 100 troupes in and outside China. WE have organized over 100 high profile cultural events. One after another, we have cooperated with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the American National Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Dancing Group, Finland National Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra from Japan, China National Symphony Orchestra and other world renowned in the art world, and have invited artists like Zubin Mehta, Seiji Qzawa and Yo-Yo Ma to perform in China. Our centre for audio and visual productions cooperated with a Korean TV station in 2005 in a TV series, Beijing My Love, which went on air in both China and Korea and met with acclaim from young Chinese and Koreans alike, furthering their mutual understanding.
4. International Youth Exchange Facilities
Our facilities comprise of the Beijing 21st Century Hotel, Century Theatre, international conference room, education building, swimming pool and tennis court. Over the years, we have played host here to a variety of training programs, art performances, sports exchanges and sightseeing trips. Our centre hosted some competitions of the 21st Universiad in 2001 and will serve as the Olympic youth camp for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and host all relevant events, venue for the decision of the Games¨ Organizing Committee. Our 21st Century Hotel and swimming pool are also registered Olympic hotel and training venue for the athletes Olympiad, in service to both accommodation and training activities.
V. Our Team
Human is the determining factor of all elements for success. As an organization with 700 employees and nearly RMB 1 billion asset, we need a growing team of high competence and enthusiasm in what we do. International youth exchange in a country increasingly open to the world and a global economy pioneered by knowledge-based industries will have a bigger role in the shrinking world.
VI. International Exchange Network
Address:40 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC. 100125
Phone:(86-10)64683311
Fax:(86-10)64664809
Director Office Phone:(86-10)64669288
Website:www.21youth.cn
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