On 15th September, emlyon business school Asian campus and Shanghai Zizhu College co-hosted a cross-cultural integration activity for students from Global BBA 1+3 Pathway Program, emlyon BBA YEAR 2 program and Casablanca Study Trip. More than 70 students participated in this cross-cultural activity, representing Chinese culture, French culture and Moroccan culture.

Traditional Chinese food

As the event moderators, Alicia CAO and Henry WANG, Student from Global BBA 1+3 Pathway Program, firstly introduced traditional food during Chinese Spring Festival, especially dumplings.

Make dumplings

Student from emlyon BBA YEAR 2 program and Casablanca Study Trip learnt to how to make dumplings with the help from Chinese students.

Warm-up game

Students played the game of “pass the dumpling” to introduce each other.

African drum

▲ Students from Casablanca Study Trip played African drums.

▲ Students from Global BBA1+3 Pathway Program sang a Chinese song to warm up the atmosphere.

▲ Students from Casablanca Study Trip introduced typical Casablanca food to all students.

Students' Sharing

"This Saturday the campus welcomed the Moroccan students. The Shanghai campus students were very welcoming and helpful. It was a day where the feelings were good, we spent our weekend together between students from 4 different emlyon campuses to discover the Chinese culture, to do some activities and to lunch together around Chinese meal. It was a jovial atmosphere with a lots of discovery and meeting."

▲ Abdelhak Hakime
2018 BBA YEAR 2 student

“Last week we had a Chinese culture activity with foreign students. My favorite part was teaching overseas students to make dumplings. People at my table are come from Serbia, and they all learned very quickly. We talked about our hometown, our hobbies and I also taught them some Chinese. All in all, this is the most happiest day since I came to Shanghai, and I wish that we can have more activities like this! ”

▲YU Chenxi
2018 Global BBA 1+3 Pathway Program student

“The Saturday activity was very interesting. We learnt how to make dumplings with the help of Chinese students. It was a good opportunity to mingle with people from different emlyon campuses. Thank you for organizing this cultural activity.”

▲El yazid Hamoudi
2018 Casablanc Study Trip student

Memorable moments