In the summer of 2023, the Canal City Model United Nations Conference was successfully held in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province and Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. The conference received strong support from the education bureaus and various government platforms in the two places, as well as unanimous praise from students and parents.
The success of the Canal City Model United Nations Conference comes from the strong support of various platforms and people from all walks of life, but also from the operation of the Canal City Model United Nations Club in the middle of the semester. Through active communication in the early stage, the Wuxi Education Bureau and the Wuxi Education Association for International Exchange also expressed their full concern for the development of the Canal City Model United Nations Club and arranged for a delegation to come to Yangzhou for research in October.
On October 12-13, under the leadership of “the window of Philadelphia”, Xu Chengjie, researcher of Wuxi Education Bureau, Xu Liming, director of International Cooperation and Exchange Department of Wuxi Education Bureau, led Wang Wanmeng, principal of Wuxi Taihu Lake Gezhi Middle School, Wang Feng, vice principal of Wuxi Taihu Senior High School, Xia Ming, director of the International Department of the First High School of Wuxi, Yuan Xiaoming, office director of Jiangnan Middle School of Wuxi, Wu Jiawesi, brigade counselor of Wuxi Donglin Middle School Mr. Gu Hong, Director of the Wuxi Education Association for International Exchange, and other members of the delegation visited Yangzhou to carry out a two-day research on the Canal City Model United Nations Club.
In the afternoon of the 12th, the delegation visited the First Middle School of Ganjiang District in Yangzhou City, where the delegation firstly observed the development of the Canal City Model United Nations Club courses.
Tao Fei, Vice Principal of Ganjiang No.1 High School, Yangzhou City, and Wang Jun, Director of Academic Work Department, participated in the reception.
Through the introduction of the Model United Nations Committee, the class familiarized students with the mode of operation of the Model United Nations, and allowed students to actively discuss the topic of "global warming". At the end of the course, the students took on the role of diplomats to make detailed introductions to the countries they represented, which fully demonstrated the style of young diplomats!
After the course, Generali No.1 Middle School Principal Ma Jun, Vice Principal Tao Fei, Director of Academic Department Wang Jun and the delegation had a positive discussion about the current operation of Model United Nations Club in Canal City.
Principal Ma shared the operation of the Canal City Model United Nations Club and the school's specific measures of "five education". Ma pointed out that the development of the Canal City Model United Nations Club not only improves the overall quality of the students' ability, but also improves the students' horizons and thinking ability.
On the morning of the 13th, the delegation visited Yangzhou Middle School in Jiangsu Province, where the president of the Model United Nations (MUN) Club, Mr. Hu Yaolinolinium, gave a detailed introduction of the current situation of the club. The Model United Nations Club of Yangzhou Middle School adheres to the school philosophy of "all for the wonderful and sustainable development of students", and the club actively mobilizes students' autonomy and collaboration in the form of bringing the old to the new.
Mr. Zhu Changwen, Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee of Yangzhou High School, led the delegation to visit the Shuren Hall of Yangzhou High School, where Mr. Zhu introduced in detail the history of Yangzhou High School, its philosophy and mission. Since the founding of Yidong Academy in 1902, Yangzhou High School has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents.
In the afternoon of the 13th, the delegation visited Meiling Middle School in Yangzhou City, where Mr. Ying Aimin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Meiling Middle School, Mr. Shen Feng, Principal of Meiling Middle School, and Mr. Zhang Peng, Director of the Academic Affairs Department, warmly received the guests. Mr. Ying introduced the history of Meiling Middle School, its philosophy of school running and its special activities.
Director Zhang Peng of the Academic Affairs Department introduced the activities of Meiling Middle School's special club "Canal City Model League Club".
Canal City Modeling Club - Meiling Middle School Branch is the earliest school of Canal City Modeling Club operation, through 3 years of active operation, Meiling Middle School Modeling Club has a complete set of operation mode, every year the members of the community are more than double the average membership, Meiling Middle School "unity, diligence, pragmatism, innovation" also for the cultivation of a batch after batch of The "Unity, Diligence, Pragmatism, and Innovation" of Meiling Middle School also lays the foundation for cultivating new century talents one after another.
As of October 2023, the Canal City Modeling Club has visited many schools across the country, with more than 1,000 members, covering Hubei, Gansu, Henan, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu Provinces. In the future, the Canal City Model Club will continue to uphold its mission: to give outstanding primary and secondary school students from the Yangtze River Delta and other cities along the canal the opportunity to exchange ideas and to fully display themselves on the stage, and to provide a platform and opportunity for Chinese young people who aspire to pursue a career in diplomacy to tell China's story well!
