On October 14, SWUFE international students and the international students from Sichuan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Southwest Jiaotong University participated in the "Perceiving China: Rural Revitalization and Smart Manufacturing in China" event sponsored by the China Scholarship Council and organized by the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. During the activity, the students visited places including Sichuan Cuisine Museum and Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.

In the morning, the international students visited the Sichuan Cuisine Museum. Under the leadership of professional instructors, they studied the historical context and cultural connotation of Sichuan cuisine, and the development of agricultural industrialization in Gucheng Village, Pixian County. The famous Sichuan cuisine chef in the museum showed the students the skill of "cutting golden noodles with eyes blinded". As the world's thinnest handmade noodles in the Guinness Book of Records, the golden noodles are as thin as hair, and can be pierced with needles. The students also visited the production and drying process of Juancheng bean paste and soy sauce, and learned the transformation and upgrading of the agricultural industry in Chengdu and the management experience of the rural cultural tourism industry.

Later on, Zhang Xue, former leader of the Shuyuan Community of Pidu District, gave a report entitled "Key of Winning the Pandemic Prevention and Control in Communities" for international students. Zhang Xue vividly demonstrated the touching stories of CPC organizations and party member volunteers, fighting on the front line of prevention and control, organizing, lecturing and serving local residents during the pandemic prevention and control period. Zhang Xue then answered in detail the confusion of international students - "What exactly did the community do in the prevention and control?" The students praised China's refined and intelligent pandemic prevention work with warm applause.

In the afternoon, the international students went to Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. to visit. The students visited the corporate culture exhibition hall and flexible screen production line, and learned about BOE's development history, business positioning, company vision and main products. In the production line corridor, the international students saw a networked, intelligent, and information-based flexible screen production line system, and witnessed the entire production process of flexible screens from glass substrates to packaging and shipment. Through visits and professional explanations, the students have fully understood the current development and technological frontiers of China's electronic information technology, especially the semiconductor display industry.

At the end of the activity, the students gathered at the staff home of BOE to communicate and share with BOE employees. All the students reviewed the two reply letters from President Xi Jinping to the international students in China. Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the education of international students in China. He welcomes outstanding young students from various countries to study in China, and encourages them to communicate with Chinese youths and to have a deeper understanding of the real China. Xi Jinping also encourages international students to introduce their ideas and experiences to more people, and to play a more positive role to connect people from different countries.