TNU launches 2025 'New Circle of Friends' International Youth Summer Camp
Updated: Aug 12, 2025

The opening ceremony of the 2025 "New Circle of Friends" International Exchange Summer Camp was held at Tianjin Normal University (TNU) on July 21, 2025. Distinguished attendees included: Wang Luxin (Deputy Secretary-General, China Education Association for International Exchange), Bai Xuejun (Standing Committee Member of the CPC TNU Committee and TNU Vice President), Wang Junyan (Director of International Cooperation and Exchange Office, Tianjin Municipal Education Commission), Liu Bo (President of the Tianjin Education Association for International Exchange), Paul Casseri (Superintendent, Lewiston-Porter Central School District, USA), and James Walker (Vice Principal, Robert Clack School, UK). Officials from Heping District Education Bureau, Hexi District Education Bureau,Tianjin Experimental Middle School, and TNU's Office of International Exchange, along with 200 teachers and students from China, the US,  and the UK participated. The ceremony was hosted by Guo Ziqiang, Deputy Secretary-General of TEAIE.

Post-ceremony discussions between Deputy Secretary-General Wang Luxin, Vice President Bai Xuejun, Director Wang Junyan, and President Liu Bo focused on deepening Sino-foreign educational collaboration, advancing youth exchange programs, and establishing a Tianjin International Youth Exchange Center to promote multilateral cooperation at broader and deeper levels.

This 10-day camp, guided by CEAIE and Tianjin Municipal Education Commission, is hosted by TEAIE, organized by TNU, and co-organized by Lewiston-Porter Central School District (USA) and Robert Clack School (UK). Two hundred youth delegates and educators from three nations gathered along the Haihe River to commence their cross-cultural journey.


By Jierui He

 

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