The first Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei ASEAN International Students "My Story with China" Chinese Story Short Video General Display commenced at Tianjin Normal University on Jan 6. The eight-month-long event drew enthusiastic participation from more than 3,000 students and teachers from 62 organizations, resulting in 306 short video submissions.

Zhong Yinghua, chair of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, said that the event aims to strengthen people-to-people exchanges between the youths of China and the ASEAN. The stories of these works travel across the sea and are very popular in China and ASEAN countries. The event is of great significance for China and ASEAN countries to realize people-to-people exchanges.