1st anniversary of French club for Chinese nationals
by (09/10/30 23:59)
By Zhang Dongya
As many as 500 Chinese nationals, including 350 who studied in France, celebrated the first anniversary of Club France at Kerry Center Hotel recently.
The club was established by the French Embassy to promote professional opportunities and foster interpersonal relations among citizens who have studied or worked in France.
“What’s a pitis that when the Chinese students finished years of study in France and returned, they soon lost contact with France,” Herve Ladsous, the French ambassador, said. “That’s why we established France Clu to help them maintain contact with their schools and schoolmates, or to rebuild relationships.”Club members, who number 2,000, receive job announcements, share information through the club’s bulletin board and can look up forme schoolmates in the club’s directory.
The club has ties with several French businesses in China, including Air France and DCT Wines, an importer and distributor of French wines. Some of its new partners are The French Chamber of Commerce in China and Flo Beijing, a French restaurant in town.
There are some 2,000 French-owned companies in China, which employ 300,000 people. They are expected to be the main source of jobs for students returning from France.
According to data from the French Embassy, since the late 1990s, more than 40,000 Chinese citizens have been educated in France, the second most popular destination for Chinese students next to the UK.
