The “Changchun-Valencia Exchange Activity Series 2022-New Year Culture Class” was opened at the Changchun Children’s Palace on January 8, 2022. 

The activity, sponsored by the governments of Changchun and Valencia, co-organized by Changchun Foreign Affairs Office (CCFAO) and Changchun Municipal Bureau of Education, and supported by the Confucius Institute of University of Valencia and Changchun Children’s Palace, is meant to strengthen cultural exchanges and promote mutual learning between the two sides. This is another cultural activity after the “Painting Competition for Kids of Changchun and Valencia”. 

During the activity, Caroline, a teacher from the Confucius Institute at the University of Valencia, introduced in Chinese the new year culture of the Confucius Institute at the University of Valencia and Spain to 65 students from 32 schools from Changchun City, and taught the participants how to say “Happy New Year” in Spanish and make new year cards. The kids joined the interaction had a good time in card making and in the round of questions and answers. 

This activity broadened the kids’ vision, enhanced the understanding and mutual trust between Changchun and Valencia, which in turn would a positive role in promoting the cooperation and exchanges between the two sides in other fields.