At 9:40 am on October 29, 2018, the Missouri Teaching Week of the School of Media Studies & Humanities grandly kicked off. Fang Lingling, Deputy Dean of the School of Media Studies & Humanities, presided over the opening ceremony. The guests attending the opening ceremony included Steve Rice, Associate Professor of the Media Fusion Department, School of Journalism, University of Missouri; Zhang Yuyan, Director of the China Cooperation Program, Global Exchange Program Center, School of Journalism, University of Missouri; Zhang Lanxin, Party Secretary of the School of Media Studies & Humanities; Fan Hongxia, Dean of the Department of Journalism; Jin Yuecheng, Director of the Institute of Network & Media Development, Department of Journalism; Shao Yang, Deputy Director of the Department of Journalism; Shi Yuan, a teacher from the Department of Journalism, and other teachers and students of ZUCC.
  Fang Lingling first expressed welcome to the guests from afar, gave a brief introduction to the one-week teaching activities, and raised expectations for the students participating in the program of the Missouri Teaching Week.

  Zhang Lanxin gave a welcome speech at the opening ceremony. Experts from top international journalism schools are welcome to provide professional instruction for students of media studies, providing them with the opportunity to be instructed by overseas experts without going abroad. Secretary Zhang hoped that the students of media studies would seize the opportunity, study hard, practice attentively and strive for greater gains.