The 2025 Xiaoxiang Foreign Experts Volunteer Activity was held in Changsha, Hunan province, central China, on May 7.
Five experts from the UK, Germany and Nigeria joined more than 100 students from Changjun Bilingual School in a cross-border "scientific dialogue."
At the meeting, experts conducted on-site teaching on topics such as high-performance lithium-ion new materials, molecular diagnostic equipment detection technology, new energy vehicle system research, youth health sports knowledge, and the practical way to jointly promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative.
In recent years, Hunan has attached great importance to improving services for foreign experts, launching several talent projects such as the "Furong Plan" for scientific and technological innovation, building platforms such as the National Demonstration Base for Talent Attraction and the Foreign Experts Workstation, and improving the innovation and entrepreneurship environment for foreign experts in the province.
Deng Xianjue, level II bureau rank official of Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province, said that nearly 500 foreign experts from more than 60 countries have participated in these volunteer activities over the past five years, providing career guidance to international students, giving academic reports and disseminating popular science knowledge to students.
In addition, a series of other activities, such as the "Beautiful Countryside Tour in Wangcheng" and "Chinese and Foreign Experts Plant the Friendship Tree," have been carried out to enable foreign experts to experience Hunan's historical heritage, humanistic sentiments and social life up close, so that they can better understand and integrate into Hunan.
Deng said foreign experts are an important force in building Hunan into a highland of scientific and technological innovation.
Hunan will make more efforts to improve services for volunteer foreign experts and encourage them to tell the story of Hunan's scientific and technological innovation to the outside world.