On September 14th, in celebration ofthe opening ceremony of the 20th China-ASEAN Expo andChina-ASEAN Vocational Education Exhibition and Forum,2023China-ASEAN StudentsGala Performance was held in Guangxi University(GXU). The eventwas hosted by the EducationDepartmentof GuangxiZhuangAutonomous Region and organized byGuangxi Universityand Guangxi Arts University. Mr. Wu Jinchang, Deputy Director-Generalof the Education Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Prof. Dr. Xiao Jianzhuang, Vice President of GXU and representatives of ASEANconsular corpsin Nanning attended the gala.

The event, themed“Heart to Heart,Hand in Hand”, brought together student representatives fromvariousuniversities in Guangxi. Youth frombothChina and ASEAN countries shared the stage, presenting cultural characteristicsofChinaand ASEAN countries to audience. The performance exemplified the energetic, united, and cooperative spirit shared by youth from home and abroad. The dance "Qin·Su"takes the Zhuang nationality’s Tianqin(a kind of Chinese ancient musical instrument) as its distinctive character, performed by students of the School of the Arts of GXU.The gala attracted nearly 1,000 audience, including delegates from ASEAN countries,representativesfrom local higher educational institutions, as well as students and teachers from universities in Guangxi.