While the Chinese New Year is approaching, BAQIS held 2025 Chinese New Year tea party & International Culture Exchange Day on January 3rd. Dr. Huai-Bin Zhuang, Assistant President, hosted the event. The international members, from the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Greek, Malaysia, India and Pakistan, attended the tea party with Dr. Kai Chang, Exacutive President, Prof. Guilu Long, Vice President for Research, and staff from relative departments and research groups.

Group photo of the attendees

Dr. Huai-Bin Zhuang delivered a welcome speech on the beginning of the tea party, wishing all international members a happy New Year, and expressing gratitude for their contributions in the past year. Then she reviewed the highlights of the international academic exchange at BAQIS in 2024, emphasizing that BAQIS is going to promote internationalization and international academic exchange in the future. BAQIS looks forward to working with all international members to enhance its research and innovation capabilities, as well as its international influence (Fig. 1). Dr. Kai Chang and Prof. Guilu Long also expressed their sincere gratitude to international members and sent warm greetings and New Year wishes (Fig. 2-3).

Subsequently, the attendees participated in the Chinese tea ceremony workshop. Under the guidance of a tea sommelier, they explored the rich heritage of Chinese tea culture, savored the unique flavors of the six major types of Chinese tea, and engaged in hands-on practice of the Gongfu tea brewing technique. (Figures 4-6).