Tongren Preschool Education College (hereafter as TPEC) is situated in the one of the main urban areas of Tongren City, Guizhou Province. Tongren city gained world recognition due to its unique and natural landscape, which is the home of the sacred Fanjing mountain. Fanjing mountain is now classified as a UNESCO world heritage site. Tongren city is set at the heart of China’s extensive transportation hub, and has easy access to air, rail and motor traffic. Tongren Fenghuang Airport connects to domestic and international flights which cover major large and medium-sized cities in China as well as some other countries. The Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway line passes right through the main urban areas of the country and the motorways are connected to every single county of our province.
TPEC boasts a 100-year history. It was established in 1919. It’s expanding its scale year by year. At present, there are more than 600 full-time and part-time faculty and staff. 65% of the full time faculty own medium-level and high-level professional title rank. 40 % of the full time faculty obtain master’s and doctor’s degree. The college has six faculties and sixteen specialisms which include preschool education, primary education, English education, music education, dance performance, tourism management, hotel management. At present, there are more than 12,000 students in the college. Its teaching facilities are being improved and the present campus covers an area of 1,000 mu (nearly 666,667㎡). The planned construction area is 280,000 ㎡, of which 130,000 ㎡ are already completed.
TPEC attaches great importance to international exchanges and cooperation and is continuously expanding its international channels for running school. It has established friendly and cooperative relations with many universities as well as research institutions in more than 10 countries including the United States, Canada, South Korea, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore etc. More than 100 international students from 13 countries including Russia, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Cambodia have registered in TPEC since 2018.
An experienced team composed of talented teachers in TPEC facilitates the teaching of Chinese language and Chinese culture courses for beginners, elementary, intermediate and advanced international students. The courses aim to boost their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of Chinese language. Apart from the language courses, there are some courses about Chinese traditional culture for strengthening students’ language proficiency and other artistic talents.
