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"You can speak Chinese to me,
This time I came to Zhuji, I experienced a lot of unforgettable 'firsts'
It's very friendly......"
At the 2024 China-Malaysia preschool education industry high-quality development exchange conference held yesterday afternoon, many smiling Malaysian principals spoke fluent Chinese, and they expressed their deep love for the cultural atmosphere of Zhuji, a historical city, at the conference site, there were more than 150 Malaysian principals who were "full of Chinese" grades. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia.
On the afternoon of April 8, the 2024 China-Malaysia Preschool Education Industry High-quality Development Exchange Conference was held in Zhuji Hailiang Education Park. This conference focuses on the differences and commonalities between Chinese and Malaysian preschool practitioners in terms of preschool education concepts, curriculum settings, teaching methods, etc., aiming to provide opportunities for the preschool education circles of China and Malaysia to learn from each other, activate new ideas, expand new formats, create new models, and explore and help the high-quality development of preschool education in the two countries.
H.E. Saeed Farezer Amini, Consul General of Malaysia in Shanghai, Yuan Minyao, Deputy Mayor of Zhuji Municipal People's Government of Zhejiang Province, Chen Chuming, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of Zhuji Education and Sports Bureau, Lin Xiaoming, Vice President and Secretary-General of Zhejiang Private Education Association, Zhu Zongshun, Chairman of Zhejiang Preschool Education Research Association, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hailiang Group, Chairman Wang Lihong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hailiang Education Technology Service Group Li Li, Senior Consultant of Hailiang Education Technology Service Group Xin Ying, Head of Hailiang Singapore International Headquarters Shao Guodong, President of Edulliance Group, Founder and Managing Director of GPEX Group Bryan Zhao Chonghao, and Executive Vice President of Hailiang Preschool Education Group Li Jincheng attended the exchange event.
String songs never stop, pass on the torch - hand in hand to gather in Jiangnan
Since Zheng He's five visits to Malacca, China and Malaysia have made great progress in the past 50 years. H.E. Saeed Farezer Amini, Consul General of Malaysia in Shanghai, delivered a speech at the conference, expressing his expectation that China and Malaysia will explore ways of cooperation in education in the future, and hope to carry out research based on common cultural values and educational aspirations. Friends in adversity are true friends, and I hope that the friendship between China and Malaysia that has withstood the test of time over the past 50 years will continue in the future.
As the birthplace of ancient Yue culture, Zhuji has a profound cultural heritage and far-reaching historical heritage, and also has the genetic background of Zhejiang's openness and innovation. Yuan Minyao, Deputy Mayor of Zhuji Municipal People's Government of Zhejiang Province, mentioned that this conference is an important opportunity for foreign exchanges and cooperation between Zhuji and Malaysia, and wished the two sides to take this as a starting point to strengthen the interaction of ideas and the collision of ideas, and carry out in-depth cooperation in multiple fields in management and operation, team building, curriculum research and development, etc.
The ambition of youth, moisturizing things silently - inheriting the original heart of education
The sea is inclusive of all rivers and integrates all currents. In recent years, Hailiang Education has brought out diversified and high-quality education services through multi-dimensional channels such as overseas visits and studies, characteristic course output, and parent-child research empowerment, and has also introduced high-quality education methods from all over the world, and has always taken promoting the high-quality development of education as its mission and responsibility.
Wang Lihong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Hailiang Group, made it clear that Hailiang Education will continue to actively fulfill its corporate social responsibility in the future, contribute to promoting exchanges and mutual learning between China and Malaysia, deepen cooperation, and make a contribution to cultivating international talents with people-to-people bonds, people-to-people familiarity and cultural integration.
Li Li, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hailiang Education Technology Service Group, mentioned in her speech that preschool education will take Malaysia as the first stop to explore overseas, and hopes to bring high-quality educational resources, better education products and services to colleagues in the education sector in Malaysia, and jointly promote the high-quality development of preschool education on both sides.
The light is not shining, and the still water flows deep - openness and win-win cooperation
At the conference, representatives of Hailiang Preschool Education Group and Edulliance Group officially signed a contract to start a new journey of cooperation between the two sides. Subsequently, H.E. Syed Farezer Amini, Chairman Wang Lihong, Mr. Bryan and Dr. Li Jincheng exchanged gifts to wish the friendship a long and lasting friendship.
Coarse and sweet, unstained - focus on preschool propositions
Professor Hao Heping, Honorary Dean of Hailiang Child Development Research Institute, gave a speech on the theme of "International Trends and Hailiang Practices of Preschool Education", analyzing how to better promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talents in the changing world environment under the premise that the importance of preschool education is widely recognized.
Professor Hua Youjia, chief expert of Hailiang Rong Aixing, analyzed the current challenges faced by the integrated education of young children in China and Malaysia, and advocated that new education models such as MTSS should be used to expand the opportunities for children with special needs to obtain integrated education and improve their teaching quality, so that every special child can have a chance to shine in life.
The tide rises in the east, the sun and the moon are moving forward - to discuss the future direction of the wind
As digital technology and network infrastructure become the focus of the world, it is also crucial to promote the innovation of education methods and methods and the interconnection of education channels for the high-quality development of preschool education. During the conference, a roundtable forum with the theme of "Digital Empowerment for the High-quality Development of Global Preschool Education" was held, during which the forum guests shared their practices in the digitalization of early childhood education, and discussed the opportunities and challenges of preschool education in the digital transformation of China and Malaysia. In the future, we will actively carry out international cooperation on digital education, so that digital technology can become an "empowerment" rather than a "burden".
In his thank-you speech, Founder and Managing Director of GPEX Education Malaysia, Mr Cho Chong Ho, said that he was very pleased to establish a cooperative relationship with Hailiang Preschool Education, and that the two sides would help each other and grow together in the future in terms of curriculum products, teacher development and training.
Dr. Li Jincheng, Executive Vice President of Hailiang Preschool Education Group, mentioned in his concluding speech that he will continue to actively explore the industry-leading management system, curriculum products, operation standards and service system, continuously consolidate internal strength, improve quality, cultivate brand, and incubate products, so as to bring more quality, distinctive and helpful products and services to Malaysia's preschool education colleagues.
Huang Haiyan, Vice President of Hailiang Preschool Education Group, Yu Yue, Deputy General Manager of Hailiang Rong Aixing Company and Dean of Special Education Research Institute, Professor Hao Heping, Distinguished Expert of Hailiang Preschool Education Group and Honorary Dean of Hailiang Child Development Research Institute, Professor Hua Youjia, Chief Expert of Hailiang Rong Aixing, Damien Tan Zikang, Senior Business Manager of GPEX Group, and principals, teachers and practitioners in the preschool industry from China and Malaysia attended the meeting.
Drawing the "Big Picture" of Educational Cooperation and Drawing the "Gongbi Painting" of Educational Cooperation
Those who fellowship with their hearts become long-lasting. The cultural harmony between China and Malaysia and the friendship will last forever. Hailiang Education has always taken the three major tasks of people-to-people bonding, talent cultivation and education development proposed by the "Belt and Road" initiative as the beacon, and is committed to the innovation and improvement of diversified education service cooperation such as cooperative schooling, teacher training, talent training, and education assistance.
Heart-to-heart, unbounded teaching. In the future, Hailiang Preschool Education Group will join hands with Malay preschool education colleagues to carry out in-depth friendly exchanges such as preschool education concepts, curriculum research, and local cooperation, and link "Hailiang Wisdom" with the vision of high-quality development of education and the needs of multi-dimensional empowerment education scenarios, so that the concept of mutual learning and complementarity, and conspiracy and co-creation will take root and flourish in the future development layout of Hailiang Preschool Education and many Malay preschool education colleagues.
Ferry with you and go to the mountains and seas together
We look forward to seeing each other next time