"38"

In his speech, Zhou Wenzhi congratulated the women teachers of 652nd schools on the coming "38" festival. She said that 652nd schools are St Petersburg's prestigious full-time schools that teach Chinese as the first foreign language.

So far, a large number of students who are familiar with Chinese language and love Chinese history and culture have been trained, and female teachers in schools have played a positive role in promoting Chinese teaching, spreading Chinese culture and promoting folk exchanges between the two countries.

On behalf of the Chinese Consulate General in St Petersburg, she salute and thank all the female teachers. He also highly appreciated the wonderful performance of the school art troupe and presented some Chinese ethnic costumes. She said that the students of the troupe were often invited to participate in the Sino Russian friendly exchanges in the area, and the children conveys the desire for friendship between China and Russia with pleasant songs and graceful dancing.

She hoped that the children of the art troupe could wear these Chinese ethnic costumes to perform more and better artistic programs with Chinese characteristics, and fully demonstrate the level of Chinese teaching in schools.

652nd Tier Leah Tenny Kurkovva, the president of the school, thanked Zhou Wenzhi for his advice on behalf of the school.

She said that for a long time, the Chinese Consulate General in St Petersburg gave strong support to the work of the school, and did a lot of practical work for the development of the school. The consul general presented the costumes to the school art troupe, showing the concern of the Consulate General to the children and the support for the school's work.

In the future, schools will continue to make efforts to innovate Chinese teaching methods, improve the level of Chinese language teaching, and cultivate more ambassadors for Sino Russian friendship.