Hi! I’m Shierry and I‘m from Indonesia. I am a Chinese Business graduating student. Studying in China has always been my dream since I was young and when I looked for the available opportunity at the time ZUST was definitely my top choice. I was very nervous when I first came to China in 2018 because I couldn’t speak Chinese fluently and it cost me a lot of time to adapt to the environment due to cultural differences between China and my hometown.

Despite all the challenges, ZUST has done a great job as a university in helping me cope with the new life I’ve had in China. All the teachers, curriculum, lessons, and lots of overseas friends have encouraged me to learn a lot during my time in ZUST. I gained a lot of confidence as a result and was able to keep learning well with all the support system I’ve had.

Igot good grades in exams,my GPA is above 4,andI got the scholarship4times.I’ve participated in numbers of activities and competitionsand here are some of my awards微话剧大赛，短视频大赛2018,筑想之星奖2019， 梦想之星奖2019-2021，Chinese classic recitation competition 2021.

And then the pandemic happened. Covid-19 hit the entire world in all aspects significantly including education. This is how becoming a student in ZUST really changed my perspective to see all of this as a blessing in disguise. Even though I was forced to take all the classes online from Indonesia due to travel ban, I was still able to comprehend all the lessons and learn as much as I can as if I was studying offline in China.

Not only academically, ZUST also helped me grow as a mature person in terms of character and wisdom.

Farewell messages：

There is one word that summarize my entire journey in ZUST: Grateful. I’m so thankful to ZUST for the once in a lifetime life-changing experience that I’ve had during my short time studying in ZUST. ZUST really values fairness and justice highly and really put meritocracy into practice, proven by my 4-years scholarship that was rewarded because of hardwork, diligence, consistency, and perseverance. To all my teachers, dean, and friends I just want to say“thank you”because without all of you I won’t be who I am today. To all aspiring students who want to get more than textbook knowledge that you can get from everywhere else, I highly recommend ZUST as a trusted source for your education because you are really being prepared to enter a real world here and you probably won’t get the same experience that I’ve got from anywhere else.