Recently, according to the official announcement of the Chinese Embassy in Norway, our university alumnus Zhou Jingxing arrived in Norway to take up his new post as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Kingdom of Norway.

In a written statement at the airport, Ambassador Zhou Jingxing noted that Norway was one of the first Western countries to recognize New China. Over the 72 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, bilateral relations have withstood the test of international vicissitudes and maintained stable and sustainable development. China is willing to work with Norway to implement the important consensus of the two countries' leaders, uphold the partnership positioning, maintain close high-level exchanges, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen multilateral coordination, and continue to bring well-being to the two peoples while jointly contributing to world peace and development. Zhou Jingxing expressed his expectation to work hand in hand with people from all sectors in Norway to enhance mutual understanding, deepen friendship, and bring political mutual trust, practical cooperation, and people-to-people exchanges to a new level, writing a new splendid chapter in China-Norway relations.

Zhou Jingxing is a 1988 alumnus of our university's English major. He has long been engaged in senior translation work and has devoted himself to diplomatic translation. He successively served as Chief English Interpreter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the English Translation Division of the Ministry's Translation Office, and Deputy Director-General and Director-General of the Ministry's Department of Translation and Interpretation, while also serving as Executive Vice President of the Translators Association of China. Over the years, he has fulfilled his duties with dedication in the fields of national foreign exchanges and the cultivation of translation talents, serving the country's diplomatic cause with solid professional language competence.

As a university distinguished by the cultivation of foreign language talents, the university has adhered to its motto of “Advocating Virtue and Culture, Inclusiveness and Eclecticism” for more than six decades since its founding, sending a large number of outstanding foreign language talents to fields such as national diplomacy, foreign trade and economic cooperation, and international people-to-people exchanges. The appointment of alumnus Zhou Jingxing is a vivid epitome of DUFL alumni making their mark on the international stage and serving the country's opening-up cause. Taking the growth of its alumni as inspiration, the university will continue to ground itself in foreign language education, foster a deep sense of patriotism and global vision, and continuously improve the quality of talent cultivation, guiding its students to build on their majors, keep the world in mind, tell China's story well on the international stage, and contribute DUFL's strength to the country's foreign exchanges and cooperation. (Zhang Yu)