Date: Dec. 11, 2020

Source: News Center Library

Author: Su Qianyi, Lai Xinyi, Yi Shuqiong

Photographer: Yan Fang

JNU held the opening ceremony of its Overseas Chinese History and Culture Exhibition Hall and the unveiling ceremony of the Yihai Kerry Culture Exhibition Hall on Dec. 11. The university received a donation of 30 million yuan from Yihai Kerry Group, a food company, to set up the World Chinese Literature Library Construction Fund. 

(The site)

JNU's World Chinese Literature Library has long been committed to the comprehensive collection, collation and research of overseas Chinese literature. It has collected nearly 50,000 paper documents, giving it one of the most concentrated collections of such documents in the world. It set up the Overseas Chinese History and Culture Exhibition Hall to give new meaning to historical documents on overseas Chinese and their stories. 

(The opening ceremony of JNU Overseas Chinese History and Culture Exhibition Hall)

With the theme overseas Chinese connecting the world and Chinese chapters spreading far and wide, the exhibition hall is divided into five units: overseas Chinese, Chinese business economy, Chinese education, Chinese media and Chinese literature. Through multimedia methods, it shows multidimensional scenarios of the hard-working overseas Chinese pioneers who built a community with a shared future for mankind. The Hall will provide a channel for overseas Chinese students to learn about overseas Chinese culture, and another window to display overseas Chinese history and culture at JNU.

JNU President Song Xianzhong delivered a welcome speech in which he reviewed the history of the exhibition hall and gave a basic introduction to its current situation. He pointed out that the hall was established to improve cultivation of talents among overseas Chinese students.

(Guests visiting the exhibition hall)

The exhibition hall will collect, organize and preserve materials related to overseas Chinese worldwide. It is positioned as a comprehensive and multifunctional institution for collection, display, education, exchange, experience, research and policy consultation.