International cooperation in Hohhot No. 18 Middle School

From August 2 to August 9, 2015, at the invitation of the Ulan-Ude Municipal Government of Buryatia, Russia, and appointed by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Hohhot Municipal Government, teacher Zou Jingwei of the school Led 10 middle school students to Russia for a youth visit to sister cities.

On September 15, Mr. Newman Nathan, the principal of Suitland High School in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA, accompanied by relevant personnel from the US-China Sister Schools Association, visited the school for exchanges. Principal Zhang Meiqing, Vice Principal Zou Zhiyong and relevant teachers of the school accompanied the visit. Principal Newman expressed that he was very much looking forward to signing a letter of intent for cooperation in teaching and education with No. 18 Middle School. He also hoped that the two schools would regularly send students and teachers to each other for exchanges and share educational information resources.

On the morning of October 25, a three-person delegation from the Quebec Public Education Bureau of Canada visited the school. Ms. Cindy, Director of the International Department of the Public Education Bureau of Montreal, Quebec, gave a speech, fully affirming the school's educational philosophy of "all for students" and spoke highly of the school's measures to provide diversified platforms and channels for students' development, allowing students to find their own development direction. , and said that they were very satisfied with the results of this inspection and hoped to have the opportunity to cooperate with the school in running schools.

On the morning of December 21, the signing ceremony for the cooperation between No. 18 Middle School in Hohhot and Moscow State University in Russia to launch an international preparatory class was held at No. 18 Middle School. Relevant leaders from the Autonomous Region Education Department, Hohhot Municipal Education Bureau, Saihan District Party Committee and Government and other departments attended the scene. At the signing site, Yevgeny, Assistant President of Foreign Affairs of Moscow State University and Director of the China Affairs Department, said: "This cooperation is the first time that Moscow State University has cooperated with a high school in China in the 260 years since its establishment. It has important historical significance." According to Principal Zhang of No. 18 Middle School introduced that during the cooperation between the school and Moscow University, outstanding Russian language teachers and cultural teachers will be selected to guide students to complete basic Russian language learning and all basic high school courses; Moscow University will accept preparatory students who have passed the preparatory course in accordance with the enrollment plan of the school’s education syllabus. students come to our school to study abroad; admitted students have the right to freely choose their professional direction and further study field.