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Yu Lizhong, president of East China Normal University, toasts foreign students during a nianyefan gathering on Tuesday night.
A number of local universities plan to provide lunar New Year's Eve dinner to needy students who remain on campus over the Spring Festival. Several schools are also offering free academic trainings, part-time jobs and the chance for migrant students to spend the festival with local families. Owing to limited funds or a busy study schedule, thousands of migrant students can't return home to spend the Chinese New Year with their families this year. East China University of Science and Technology have matched each of its more than 300 remaining students with a Shanghai-native classmate or teacher, sending them for dinner and entertainment activities with a local family during the first three days of the festival. "We know many students stayed for study or part-time jobs, but all these items will be canceled during the first three days," said Yao Yanyan, a university spokesperson. The program will not only give students from outside the city a chance to enjoy the festival atmosphere in This year, the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese Youth League has distributed 800 sets of e-magazine designing software, worth four million yuan (US$500,000), to remaining students and will offer free computer and foreign language training during the holiday. More than 1,000 students at Besides, migrant students were also granted a 200 yuan yasuiqian -- gift money given to children during the Chinese New Year -- at the university, Wang Haiyan, a (Shanghai Daily February 16, 2007)
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