At the invitation of CPAFFC, the director of Space Camp Turkey(SCT), Mr. Scott Alison Woodham, led a 3-person delegation visiting China from April 1 to 7. Besides Beijng, they also visited Xi’an, Yangzhou and Shanghai. The delegation met with Vice President Feng Zuoku, and attended the workshop with teachers and students from Beijing New Oriental School (Yangzhou Branch) who have been to Space Camp Turkey in the year of 2013.
During the meeting, vice president Feng Zuoku expressed gratitude to SCT for giving free offer to Chinese adolescents aged 12-15 in the recent five consecutive five years. He said that SCT builds a good platform of communication for adolescents all over the world, and provides a precious opportunity for Chinese students to know about the world. He hopes the two sides could work more closely together to enhance the adolescents’ friendship between China and Turkey in the future.
Mr. Woodham hopes to see more and more Chinese students in SCT, where they can show the Chinese traditional culture to the students all over the world. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the future cooperation on the students’ exchange programs.
Mrs. Bengu Yigitguden, the first Counselor of Turkish Embassy to China, expressed her delight about the vigorous students’ exchange activities between two countries. She pointed out that long-term relationship between China and Turkey can’t sustain without the mutual understandings and communications between the youngsters from both sides. She hopes that CPAFFC and SCT could have deeper cooperation to promote the adolescents’ exchanging.
The delegation met with Mr. Wang Xiuwen, the principle of Beijing New Oriental School (Yangzhou Branch) in Yangzhou city, and attended the workshop with teachers and students.