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Bi Suzhi
China
Meet Bi Suzhi

Mr Bi Suzhi is 20 years old and currently a third-year communications engineering student at China’s prestigious Zhejiang University. This is his first time in Singapore.

View Suzhi’s winning entry here.


What was Suzhi’s Singapore Experience like?

“Singapore is a very welcoming country. The atmosphere helped us to feel totally at home and at ease during our short stay here.

The government also has great respect for talent. It is evident in the way it goes about planning for its people – from housing, city planning and allowing its people to pursue their education and careers without any worry about finances.”
Watch highlights of Suzhi's visit

Suzhi's visit

From a young age, Suzhi had always wanted to know more about Singapore, its education system and its latest research and development (R&D) efforts. Hence, the meetings with the Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) were ideal opportunities to satisfy his curiosity.

At SMU, Suzhi not only met with Professor Low Aik Meng, Dean of Students, he also chatted with Chinese students currently studying there. This visit gave him new insights into the life of a student in Singapore and how easy it was for international students to settle in Singapore.

Suzhi also met with I2R’s Dr Chen Zhining, Head of the Radio Frequency and Optical Department and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In addition to learning about the types of research undertaken by I2R and seeing first-hand the types of facilities at the labs, Suzhi also gained a deeper understanding of how public research was carried out.

For Jiaxu, Suzhi’s girlfriend, the highlight of her trip was experiencing for herself how safe and secure Singapore was. She commented that this would be a very key factor should one decide to move here for the longer term.

For more of Suzhi’s and Jiaxu’s experience in Singapore, see the photographs and video of their visit.
Getting an insight into how ordinary Singaporeans live at the HDB (Housing and Development Board) Habitat Forum.
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All images and videos were taken during the winner's trip to Singapore