On February 26, Chinese Vice Consul General in Penang Ding Qiao attended the Penang and Province Wellesley United Chinese School Management Association 2026 Chinese New Year Celebration. Also present were Chief Minister of Penang YAB Chow Kon Yeow, Penang State Executive Councillor (EXCO) YB Wong Hon Wai, and Chairman of the Penang and Province Wellesley United Chinese School Management Association Dato’ Lee Tiam Lim.

Vice Consul General Ding said that the Penang and Province Wellesley United Chinese School Management Association actively promotes Chinese language education in Penang and throughout Malaysia, contributing to the inheritance of Chinese language education and educational exchanges between China and Malaysia. China has established the world's largest and most comprehensive higher education system, and the dissemination of Chinese language and culture has moved from one-way promotion to a new stage of mutual learning and interaction with other cultures. Chinese Consulate General is willing to work together with all sectors of Northern Malaysia, including the Penang and Province Wellesley United Chinese School Management Association, to encourage more Malaysian students to study in China and to elevate educational cooperation and youth exchanges between the two countries to a new level.