Eight days from Beijing to the Central Plains: inside the study tour

On 25 July 2025, Zhongxuesheng Xuexi Bao described the eight-day programme of the competition's study tour, which took participants through Beijing, Anyang, Kaifeng and Luoyang, including the Palace Museum, Yinxu, the Longmen Grottoes and the Shaolin Temple.

GACEE President Cai Yisu spoke at the opening; Kong Yaping gave an introductory lesson on Chinese classics; students from Malaysia, Myanmar, Germany, Greece and Egypt performed. Participants completed challenge tasks and compiled personal journals, and the tour closed with a flag hand-over and a bilingual pledge.

Cover: Longmen Grottoes, file photo by Gary Todd (CC0), not taken at the event.