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Chinese Donghua University motivates Pakistani students for textile education
October 02, 2021
BEIJING, Oct 2 (INP): Chinese Donghua University (DHU) in Shanghai actively engaged in imparting textile education to Pakistani students and promoting bilateral cooperation in this sector, says a report published by China Economic Net.
DHU that welcomes many students from the “Iron Brother” is a world-class and high-level research university, with focus on textiles, materials and costume designing.
It has absorbed a large number of Pakistani students and trained them into professional talents.
“In 1975, we recruited the first batch of Pakistani students. In nearly half a century, the number of high-level Pakistani talents at Donghua University has increased rapidly, mainly science and engineering graduate students.
At present, we have a total of 74 Pakistani students, of which only three are undergraduates, and the others are masters and doctoral students”, noted Prof. Yao Weixin, the Dean of International Cultural Exchange School at the Donghua University, in an exclusive interview with China Economic Net.
“Here I realized rapid personal growth. I have learned the professional knowledge of textile chemistry and became a startup founder from an ordinary student”, mentioned Faizan Shafiq, a doctoral student.
“My teachers and classmates have helped me a lot, none of them showed impatience. The idea of starting up my own business was also supported firmly by my tutor. Moreover, he found a textile foundry for me. As a matter of fact, not only me, but all Pakistani students regard DHU as our second home.”
From 2011, Donghua University has taken a new step in its teaching plan for cultivating Pakistani students. DHU organized faculties of textiles, materials, chemistry, information and other disciplines to offer nine professional courses such as textile engineering taught in English, which have greatly met the learning needs of Pakistani students.
“We give them warm care in daily life, but in academic sector, they must abide by the same standards as Chinese students in examinations, thesis defenses, and paper publishing, urging them to study assiduously in order to truly become talents and contribute to China-Pakistan cooperation,” Prof. Yao told CEN.
In addition, social practice is also the top priority for the training of Pakistani students at Donghua University. So far, through practical projects, Pakistani students have visited various types of textile companies in the Yangtze River Delta region. Many Chinese enterprises, including Shanghai Textile and Zhejiang Antai, have set up practice bases for them.
On December 8, 2018, a total of 33 textile-related universities from 19 countries formally established the World Textile University Alliance. The Alliance aims to strengthen higher education, textile industry and fashion design and technology-related exchanges and mutual learning among all countries and particularly along the Belt and Road. Donghua University has joined hands with the National Textile University of Pakistan to become a founding member of the WTUA, according to Prof. Yao.
“The growth of our Pakistani youth will contribute to the construction of CPEC and Belt and Road Initiative. In the future, it will also provide more professionals to Pakistan,” Prof. Yao emphasized.
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