On December 5, the 13th Monthly Lecture on Consular Protection for the year 2021 was held in Beijing Royal School. More than 800 teachers and students participated.
Pre-lecture Preparation Increased Efficiency. Before the event, the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing studied the school’s situation and designed the lecture with regard to teachers’ and students’ needs. The office also set up a specific area for promoting consular protection where officials used exhibition board to highlight relevant knowledge and distributed relevant materials including foldout posters What You Should Know Before Studying Abroad and pocketbooks Safety Tips for Going Abroad and played the video Consular Protection Explained in Three Minutes. These preparations allowed teachers and students to learn more about consular protection and made the lecture more effective and efficient.
Case Analyses Equipped Students with both Knowledge and Skills. Professor Zhang Jie from the People’s Public Security University of China was invited as the keynote speaker. During the lecture, she combined theories of consular protection and overseas safety with real cases. By elaborating on tips for staying safe abroad and risk response measures, especially how to protect personal and property security during the pandemic, she raised teachers’ and students’ awareness of consular protection, improving their ability to prevent and cope with emergencies.
(Professor Zhang Jie is delivering her speech)
Promoters Helped Spread Consular Protection Knowledge. On the site of the event, the deputy principal of the high school division of Beijing Royal School who takes charge of the Study Abroad Safely Program and the chairperson of the Study Abroad Safely Association were invited to serve as consular protection promoters. Beijing Foreign Affairs Office encouraged them to take the lead in imparting the knowledge of consular protection to people around them and motivating more teachers and students to share consular protection knowledge so as to extend the event’s impact.
The principal of Beijing Royal School Heng Xiaojun said, “Many graduates from our school go abroad for higher education. That’s why we attach great importance to overseas safety education for our students. This valuable lecture on consular protection is a must for them to study abroad.”
Hong Chuanmu, a teacher from the school, said, “By raising real-life examples, experts explained common problems for those who study abroad and offer corresponding solutions. These will be helpful for students when they go abroad. As a teacher, I will make my contribution to imparting the knowledge of consular protection on campus.”
Kang Jian, a student from the school said, “Thank Beijing Foreign Affairs Office and experts for this informative lecture on the safety of studying abroad. It’s an honour to be a consular protection promoter. I hope we can make concerted efforts to foster a safe environment on campus and be well-prepared for studying abroad. In this way, we can happily go abroad, learn knowledge and then come back, safe and sound, to serve our country.”
The Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing will further expand the promotional scope of preventive consular protection, widely spread consular protection knowledge to various groups, so as to enhance Beijing citizens' ability to forestall overseas risks.
