The campus of Hainan University in September is enthused like burning fire with a scene of busyness. According to the scheme of Hainai University 2020 Fall Semester International Freshmen Registration, from September 11 to 13 2020, international freshmen orientation was carried orderly under the guidance of Secretary of the Party Branch of the School Shijia Hua, President Wei Zhou, and other principals of the school administrative branch offices. Achieved by the joint effort of counselors and administrative staffs, international freshmen registration is successfully completed.

Figure: President Qingming Luo (second to the left) visited the camp of the school for an inspection.

Figure: Executive Deputy Secretary Qinglin Liao (second to the right) visited the camp of the school for an inspection.

Figure: Vice President Mou Liang (second to the left) visited the camp of the school for an inspection.

At the orienting camp locates at the north gate of the university, freshmen went through identity check, green code check and overall disinfection then did check-ins, accommodation registrations, the scanning and registration of Today’s Campus APP, campus card transaction, joining class chatting group under the guidance of the school’s teachers on-duty. The teachers on-duty gave detailed answers to possible questions freshman might have encountered on campus. During the registration, teachers from the International Students Administration Office explained the rules of International Students Management Regulations and answered student’s most cared questions like studying and other life-related questions in details.

In order to do a good job of the coronavirus pandemic prevention and control and international freshmen registration of the fall semester, the School of International Education held special sessions multiple times in accordance with the University’s deployment requirements towards freshmen registration. The officials of the school deployed and researched international freshmen registration, orientation education, remote teaching, pandemic prevention and control, psychological counseling, information management and other items multiple times, they planned a detailed work mission schedule and a “one brochure for one student” registration scheme to refine responsibilities to individuals, they have worked their best to finish the work of international freshmen registration. Under the effect of pandemic, currently only the international students who reside inside China can register and study on campus, international students who reside outside of China cannot enter into the boarder, rather they can register and study online.

This year international freshmen registration was conducted synchronously with local freshman registration. It is the result of the new functional orientation carried out by the school and the issue and implementation of the Admission and Cultivation Management Regulations, it is an important move of assimilation management of international students and it has shown great results under the dense support of all departments of the university.

Figure: Scene of international freshmen registration inside the camp of the school.

Figure: Scene of international freshmen registration.

International students expressed that they were very happy to come to Hainan University to study. Although the Chinese language is deemed to be one of world’s most difficult languages, it doesn’t interrupt their enthusiasm of learning Chinese. They hoped to in virtue of the nice studying platform of Hainan University to improve their Chinese level and enhance their impression towards Chinese culture and China’s national conditions. On the basis of that, they wanted to learn more expertise and use that as a bridge and ligament to provide communications between China and their home countries.