Student inspired by encounter with president

Gulzahan Amet, a student at Beijing Normal University who plans to become a teacher, met President Xi Jinping on Tuesday - and said she would remember the encounter for the rest of her life.

Xi talked to her and accepted her gift, a traditional Uygur flat hat that he placed on his head, on the eve of Teachers' Day. Afterward, Gulzahan said the meeting had made her more determined than ever to work hard as a teacher back in her hometown of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

The university was founded in 1902 and is regarded as the cradle of teaching in China. Xi's visit came a day before the 30th Chinese Teachers' Day on Wednesday.