尊敬的陈永栽先生、各位华教界同仁、女士们、先生们:下午好!首先非常感谢陈永栽先生主持召开这个座谈会,使我们有机会与贵国华文教育界人士进一步交流,共同探讨在新世纪如何更好地开展华文教育。在向各位简要介绍厦门大学和海外教育学院之前,我想先谈谈这几天访问贵国的感受。承蒙陈永栽先生的盛情接待与周密安排,我们厦门大学教育考察团一行六人参观了 Dear Mr. Chen Yongzai, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon, First of all, thank you very much Mr. Chen Yongzai for hosting this symposium so that we have the opportunity to further exchange views with your Chinese educators in the new century How to better carry out Chinese education. Before I briefly introduce Xiamen University and the Overseas Education Institute, I would like to talk about the feelings of visiting your country in the past few days. Thanks to Mr. Chen Yongzhao’s hospitality and meticulous arrangement, we visited Xiamen Education delegation of six people