In the recently concluded "Folk Songs Flow Like the Spring River——2025 SANYUESAN INTERNATIONAL FOLK SONG INVITATION TOURNAMENT”for College Students, our international students from Malaysia won the "Best Singing Award" for their outstanding performance, writing a new chapter of cultural exchange with their songs. With the theme of "Folk Songs Have No Borders, Mountains and Rivers Have Meetings", this competition attracted 66 contestants from 22 countries around the world.

Since receiving the invitation for the competition in March, our school leaders have attached great importance to it. The Department of Popular Music has carefully selected four Malaysian international students, FENNIE LIM XIN JIE, TAN YIN WEN, YEO SHI EN and GERALD TAN TZE MING, to form a team to participate in the competition. Under the guidance of the International College and the Art Department, the contestants selected the Malaysian folk songs "Rasa Sayang" and "Jasmine Flower" and the Chinese folk song "High Mountain Green" as their contest songs. They were professionally guided by the teachers of the Department of Popular Music, Ye Xuanqing, the Department of Music Engineering, Jiang Chaoqian, and the Art Department, Fang Xiao. The Dance Academy arranged dance movements and designed formation for the program. After more than a month of intense rehearsal, the four international students won the "Best Singing Award" with their solid singing skills and innovative arrangement at the competition site.

After the competition, the international students shared their feelings about participating in the competition. Lin Xinjie, a participating international student, said, "Under the careful guidance of our teachers, we have greatly improved our singing skills and made the program more vivid and colorful. Chen Ziming also said with emotion, "I am deeply attracted by Chinese folk music and costumes. They are really beautiful! This performance has given me a deeper understanding of the various ethnic cultures in China."

The "Folk Songs Flow Like the Spring River——2025 SANYUESAN INTERNATIONAL FOLK SONG INVITATION TOURNAMENT”has built a bridge for international students to showcase their own culture and learn Chinese folk songs, effectively promoting the integration of diverse cultural exchanges. The excellent performance of our international students demonstrates the remarkable achievements of the International College in cultivating international talents, and is a vivid practice of the college's educational philosophy of "cultivating people through culture and connecting hearts through art". As the frontier and important window of international education, the International College has always adhered to the concept of openness, inclusiveness, and collaborative innovation, effectively integrating various high-quality resources to form a strong educational synergy. The college has the mission of cultivating interdisciplinary talents with a global vision and proficiency in cross-cultural communication, building a diversified international exchange platform, encouraging students to actively participate in various international events, and cultivating more high-quality artistic talents for international humanistic exchanges.