Sound Bites

"The main goal of the school is not to send as many graduates as possible to top universities, but to nurture young citizens who can think independently and critically. The school provides many extracurricular activities, accounting for one-third of classroom time, such as the International Festival and Reading Season. I believe students will develop overall skills, not just grades, from these activities, which will eventually benefit their growth."

Zhang Yuyun, principal of Chongqing Foreign Language School

"In recent years, our university met market demand and established majors in Spanish, Arabic and several other minority languages on the basis of our original preponderant majors, such as Japanese, English, Russian, French, German and Korean. Our high starting points are praised by experts and our graduates are very popular with employers."