Through the liaison of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Mentougou District, the BDS entered into a partnership of “Spiritual Civilization Construction” with the Sanjiadian Primary School of Mentougou District in late 2012. Located in the urban-rural fringe area, the Sanjiadian Primary School is comprised mainly of children of migrant workers’ families from other parts of the country living in the neighborhood.

To play a better part in the “Spiritual Civilization Construction” and implement the Rural-Urban Spiritual Civilization Construction Partnership Program initiated by the Central Party Committee and Central Government and under the auspices and guidance of the BDS Party Committee, the BDS Youth League Committee, with help from the young volunteers’ team, has launched a series of joint public benefit events of book donation, culture sharing, English language tutoring, artistic performance, and theme forums which are well received by the school faculty and children and have achieved satisfactory results.

Taking advantage of the young volunteers’ professional knowhow and expertise, the BDS team made thoughtful, flexible and creative preparations for the events, which were expected to help push forward the Partnership-building agenda through providing assistance to the children by arousing their interest in learning and study, promoting the spirit of “Mutual Help, Loving Care and Dedication "and boosting the youth’s awareness of civic spirit and social responsibility.

Following the theme forum, entitled "Russia - Our Neighbor" , hosted in March and the "A Better Childhood and A Better Future for Children" event, hosted at the advent of the International Children’s Day, the BDS Youth League Committee again organized a young volunteers’ team to visit the Sanjiadian Primary School to organize another theme forum to mark the "Happy Christmas with A Thanksgiving Heart" on 12 December.

During the forum, the 3 speakers shared Christmas celebrating experiences with the children with captivating narratives, plenty of pictures, intriguing anecdotes, in-class interactive responses and festive gifts, thereby arousing strong interest and exceptionally animated participation of the children.

Towards the end of the visit, the school authorities presented a silk banner and expressed the gratitude to the BDS. The school looked forward to making greater achievements in the partnership building through more exchanges and cooperation in the upcoming year. The Youth League Committee, on behalf of the BDS, also presented school kits to 10 children from underprivileged families and encouraged them to work hard and make greater achievements.