(Reporter Lei Chuntao;Novitiate reporter:Huang Lili;Correspondent:Xie Fang) On March 24th, the opening ceremony of the 2018 “Yiling School” Chinese class, which was conducted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the City,was held at theChinaThree Gorges University.

　　The Chinese classof“Yiling School” is a free zero-based Chinese training class, which is offered by our city for foreign experts stationed permanently in Yichang. It aims to provide the basic knowledge training of Chinese for foreigners and solve the problem of language inconveniences intheirlife and work.The first training class is located at the CTGUand people attend class once aweek for four months.The 25 students of the training class, who come from the United States, Britain, Canada, Japan and other 11 countries, are mid-senior talents stationed permanently in Yichang.