On 14 June 2016, China Ministry of Education (MOE) organized the final for “China Exploration II-Sports& Culture Competition for Overseas Students in China”. The competition was among the Northeast division universities. Shenyang Aerospace University also took part in competition and was able to secured 2nd position in qualification round where the competition was between all the universities of Liaoning Province. After qualifying in finale, the SAU team headed to Tianjin University. All together 18 universities from different province like Beijing, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and Hebei qualified for finale round.
An Yan, Director of Foreign Student Administration Office, International Cooperation and Exchanges Department, MOE, Xue Yanqing, Vice Chairman of China Sports Association for University Students, Li Yidan, Deputy Secretary of Tianjin University, Xue Yanqing, Vice Chairman of China Sports Association for University Students, Li Yidan, Deputy Secretary of Tianjin University and other leaders attended the opening ceremony. This activity in China provides foreign students a chance to expand their horizons, to learn more about Chinese culture and knowledge.
After the three days of various sports competition like sports art exhibition, 3x3 basketball and orienteering, SAU managed to secured 6th position with overall 66 points. In 3x3 basketball, SAU team secured 2nd position. This result was all possible because of hard work by athletes and proper guidance by coach and office staff.
(Waiting for orienteering)
(Basketball team ranking 2nd place)
(Award ceremony)
