Indonesia to Hold First “HSK Exhibition on Studying and Working in China”

Sponsored by the Confucius Institute Headquarters and Coordinating Agency of Chinese Language Education in Jakarta, and co-organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia and the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia, Indonesia’s first “HSK Exhibition on Studying and Working in China” will be held on October 29th at Tarumanagara University. The photo shows the site of the press conference for the exhibition.

From the press conference for the exhibition held on the morning of September 6th, the journalist learned that the exhibition, sponsored by the Confucius Institute Headquarters and Coordinating Agency of Chinese Language Education in Jakarta, and co-organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia and the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia, will be held on October 29th at Tarumanagara University.

The organizers revealed that 20 well-known universities in China will participate in the exhibition, including Renmin University of China, Xiamen University, Beijing Normal University, Sun Yat-sen University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shandong University, Tianjin University and Sichuan University.

A number of China-funded enterprises in Indonesia including the Bank of China (BOC) Jakarta branch and relevant Indonesian enterprises will be present at the exhibition and carry out on-site recruitment.

Site of the press conference for the exhibition

As interaction and cooperation between China and Indonesia in such areas as economy and trade, culture and education continue to deepen and expand, every year more and more students from Indonesia come to study in China or learn Chinese in Indonesia, and there is an increasing demand for HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) among Chinese learners.

According to Cai Changjie, Executive Director of Coordinating Agency of Chinese Language Education in Jakarta, the agency set up 4 test sites for HSK exams in 2001 and there were merely 1,200 examinees back then; by 2016, there were already 19 test sites in Indonesia with 13,914 examinees. Until now, there have been 89,971 examinees in total.

In 2014, designated by China’s Hanban, the agency was in charge of HSK Internet-based test in Indonesia. So far the agency has 8 Internet-based test sites with 1,436 online examinees.

Cai Changjie (second from right), Executive Director of Coordinating Agency of Chinese Language Education in Jakarta introducing the exhibition

Cai Changjie noted that the exhibition aims at providing a platform for Indonesian students studying in China, Chinese language learners in Indonesia, China-funded enterprises in Indonesia, relevant Indonesian enterprises, various colleges and universities in Indonesia, and prestigious universities in China to conduct communication and cooperation.

Cai Changjie hoped that the exhibition can help bring more Indonesian students to study in China where they can obtain better choices, cultivate more talents for Indonesia’s economic development and produce more ambassadors of friendly exchanges between the two countries. It is also expected that the exhibition can help the China-funded and relevant Indonesian enterprises address the shortage of Chinese language talents, and provide more and better job opportunities for graduates in Indonesia.

Du Qiqi, Assistant Country Manager of the BOC Jakarta branch, expressed that apart from providing the high-quality “financial services for studying in China” for Indonesian students who study in China, the branch also looks forward to having a large number of Indonesian students with a good command of Chinese. Together they can make contributions to developing Indonesia’s economy and promoting China-Indonesia economic and trade cooperation.

(Story/Photos by Lin Yongchuan, chinanews.com, Jakarta, September 6th)