On 28th October,the delegation of the UK-China Football Forum visited Xi’an Peihua University and a welcome ceremony was held at the stadium. The delegation was led by Steve Bellis,President of Stockport County Football Club, Brian Mc Clair,Former Manchester United Striker and Head Coach of the football team of the delegation, Oshor Williams,Former Professional Football Player and Education Director of the British Professional Footballers' Federation, Steve Cartwright,General Manager of Kickworldwide, UK, Bob MacCallum,Education Director of Stockport County Football Club,UK, Richard Chapman,Youth Training Team Supervisor of Stockport County Football Club, Liu Kaixiang,Chairman of the UK-China Football Joint Development Center, Gao Weijia,General Manager of the UK-China Football Joint Development Center, Liu Bo,International Project Manager, and 50 representatives of the UK-China Football Forum. A total of 50 representatives of the UK-China Football Foru，teachers and students from the School of Physical Education and Sports of Xi'an Peihua University attended the welcome ceremony withDr.Jiang Bo,Chairman of the Board of Xi'an Peihua University, Li Hua, International President of XPHU, Xu Guofu, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Director of the University Sports Committee of XPHU, and Wang Zhiqiang,Dean of the School of Physical Education and Sports of XPHU.Grace Wang,Director of International Exchange Center of XPHU, presided overthe welcome ceremony.
Dr. Jiang Bo expressed his warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to the visiting of the delegation of the UK-China Football Forum.He stated that Xi'an Peihua University,as an innovative university that has given birth to three Guinness World Records and fifteen World Records,was very delighted to engage inexchanges with the delegation of the UK-China Football Forum.
At the same time, he said that our university is actively promoting internationalization and expanding international exchangesand we would encourage our teachers, students and men's football team to go to the UK for exchange and study, to promote wider international cooperation, football culture and academic exchanges between China and the UK.
Finally,he expressed his best wishes for the success of the event.
Steve Bellis, Head of Delegation of the UK-China Football Forum and President of Stockport County Football Club of the UK, expressed his sincere gratitude to our university for the support given to this event.
The delegation visited the History Museum of the university. Steve Bellis expressed his admiration forthe university's long history and strong academic atmosphere.He stressed that he looks forward to establishing long-term cooperation and friendly relations with Xi’an Peihua University. He said that this event is a good start to promote education cooperation between China and the UK through football exchanges, and lays a solid foundation for the two sides to carry out more extensive football exchanges and education cooperation in the future. Finally, Steve Bellis expressed his expectation to lead a delegation to visit Xi’an Peihua University again and to celebrate the centenary of Xi'an Peihua University together.
After the welcome ceremony, the representatives ofthe UK-China Football Forumandthefootball teamofXi'an Peihua University held a uniqueandfriendly football match in the stadium. In this friendly match, the twofootball teamsperformed well and were commendable. This friendly match aims to strengthen the football culture and education exchanges and cooperation between China and the UK, and enhance the football culture and sportsmanship. It not only provides a stage for football lovers on both sides to show their football skills, but also takes a new step for the close and friendly cooperation between China and the UK.
With the referee's whistle, both players quickly entered the state and started a fierce competition. With excellent teamwork and skilful footwork, our football team launched many threatening attacks.Andthe playersfrom the delegationof the UK-China Football Forum demonstrated tenacious defence and sharp counter-attacks, which made the game a wonderful spectacle.
After the match, players from both sides shook hands and hugged each other on the field, exchanging ideas and experiences from the match. They crossed the barriers of language and culture with football and established a deep friendship.
This friendly football match not only demonstrated the football skills and sportsmanship of the players from both sides, but also built a bridge forfootball culture and education cooperation between China and the UK. We believe that this friendship will continue in the future, building a bridge between China and the UK in education, science and technology, and innovation.
Beforethe welcome ceremony, ProfessorRichard Li-Hua, the International President ofour university，and colleagues of the International Exchange Center, warmly welcomed the delegation of the UK-China Football Forum to visitour university.Grace Wang,Director of the International Exchange Center, led the delegation to visit the History Museum ofthe universityand made a wonderful explanation. The delegation expressed their sincere admiration for Xi 'an, the oldest city in China, andXi'an Peihua University, the oldest private university in China.
