In Hainan Island, a shining pearl of the South Sea, there is a professional college of foreign languages that has increasingly been remarkable(eye-catching)—Hainan Foreign Language College of Professional Education. The college is located in Wenchang City, far and near, known as Land of Culture, Land of Overseas Chinese, Land of National Mother, Land of Generals and Land of Spaceflight of China that will be constructed in future.
Tracing back to the autumn of 1947, the college has been in the pursuit of her ambitious goal and has been bathed in the sea rain and coconut breeze for 62 years. Having been relocated for four times and renamed for seven times, the college has been developed from Wenchang County Jianyi Normal School into a professional college under the administration of Hainan Province. What has kept unchanged is the endeavor’s blood and lofty sentiments of creation. At present, she is striding proudly ahead and stepping into the new century, thus taking a bright way to success.
Covering an area of 320 mu, the present Hainan Foreign Language College of Professional Education, in which the green trees has been growing exuberantly with the flowers blossoming all the year round, has emotionally attracted more than 5000 students from every part of our county to taste the charm of local amorous feelings and experience the mystery of the different cultures on this enchanting land. The sixteen majors involving such six languages as English, Japanese, Russian, Korean, German and French have provided golden opportunities for the diligent and aggressive young people with noble ambition to grasp the pleasure and happiness of the youth while fusing theory and practice, and integrating learning with employment. Additionally, a good many overseas students are joyfully intoxicated with the graceful Chinese and the profound Chinese cultures.
Guided by the leading body of the college, rigorous, pragmatic and innovative, more than 260 faculty and staff members, working harmoniously with approximately 20 foreign teachers from the UK, the U.S.A., Japan, South Korea, Russia, and so forth, always keep firmly in mind the guiding ideology of running higher professional education, namely, “Taking service as aim and employment as guide, taking the development way of integrating work with learning”, consistently uphold the education idea of “Rating Moral Education Foremost and Putting Talent-Cultivation First; Setting Foothold on Foreign Languages and Strengthening Skills; Highlighting Characteristics and Emphasizing Practicality”, selflessly devote themselves wholeheartedly to the educational cause of “rejuvenating education with uniqueness” and give full consideration to cultivating high-quality new–style talents with “integration of foreign languages and skills”. In the Expert Rostrum of the college, some distinguished experts, scholars and political leaders from all fields of our country are invited to deliver significant lectures containing a wide range of knowledge and pass on valuable experience and wisdom to us.
On the basis of harmony and win-win, the college has established close in-depth relationship of cooperation and exchange with a number of universities, colleges and education institutions both at home and abroad, including the U.S.A, Germany, the U.K, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, etc. The internationalized trend of cultivating talents has become distinct by degrees.
The subtropical sunlight is romantic and brilliant. Hainan Foreign Language College of Professional Education is advancing with great pride in the bright way, giving off boundless charm!