Founded in 1993, Xijie Foreign Language School now operates 2 campuses in Yangshuo - our Vocational Training School - offering a 3 year intensive program focusing on Business English, Oral English Communication, Computer Applications and Japanese Language. Our West Street College campus opened in 2005 and offers a 2 year program with the same emphasis as well as courses in Business English and Oral English Communication for students of all ages and abilities ranging from one to six month terms or more.  Apart from our extensive English programs, we also offer courses in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and French languages as well as courses in Chinese cooking, Calligraphy and Martial Arts including Kung Fu and Tai Chi.

President's West Street College Campus Opening Speech

       Good afternoon, Good to see all of you here today. On behalf of myself, Billy, our teachers, staff and all of our students here at Xijie Foreign Language School, I’d like to welcome you and hope you all have a most enjoyable time here this evening.

       I would like, first of all, to introduce myself and tell you a little about me. I’m American from San Francisco, California, but have lived most of my life outside of the United States. I’ve traveled over most of the world – I spent 8 years in Europe, another 6 years in New Zealand and the Fiji Islands and over 20 years in Japan. In Japan I established, managed and operated two very busy and successful language schools. I have been involved with every aspect of running a language school from teaching, training and curriculum development, to promotion, marketing and general management. I have now made China my home and intend to utilize my background, my expertise and experience to develop what I endeavor to become a model for language schools throughout China.

        We’ve been working very hard here the past 3 or 4 months getting ready for this occasion today and I believe we have established the biggest and best learning facility in Yangshuo – and through all of our combined efforts – our past experience, our attention and devotion to our students, our dedication to education, our further development of our facilities and through the enthusiasm of our teachers and staff- it is my intention to establish, not only the best foreign language school in Yangshuo, not only the best foreign language school in Guangxi, but the best foreign language school in all of China – and, again, to make Xijie Foreign Language School a model for all other language schools in China. And with your support and backing, I believe this will be a reality.

      Thank you all for coming and, again, hope you all have a most enjoyable evening here tonight. Xiexie.