Chairman's Notes

The Manchester Chinese Education Cultural Community Centre was established in 1979. There are 4 sections: Chinese Music, Martial Arts, Culture and The Chinese School. We have performed Chinese Music, Martial Arts, and Cultural plays and dances to the public many times. We are a non-profit making, non-political and non-religious body.

The number of our pupils has been increasing steadily to over 300. In 1998 our school registered as a GCSE and GCE A-level examinations centre. Our school is governed by the school committee and managed by the headmistress and staff. All are volunteers. We depend on fees, fund-raising, donations and grants to finance our school. We aim to provide an opportunity to anybody who wishes to study Chinese Language, Culture, Geography and History, enabling them to appreciate our motto: "Chinese moral righteousness and manners". We also invite specialist artists from the UK and abroad to demonstrate Chinese Music, Arts and Crafts to stimulate the pupil's interest in Chinese Culture.

On behalf of the centre committee I would like to thank you for your support and generous donations. We are very grateful to the headmistress and staff for sacrificing their valuable time to run the school. We would also like to praise and encourage our pupils in their excellent work.

Some History

The Manchester Chinese Education Cultural Community Centre was established by Loret Lee and Wong Wai Sun in 1979. It is a non-profit making, non-political and non-religious body registered with the Charity Commission. It comprises of four sections: Chinese Music, Martial Arts, Culture, and a Chinese School. The centre welcomes both Chinese and non-Chinese communities. It is governed by a committee with the Lord Mayor of Manchester as President and is managed by the Chairman, school directors, section heads, headteacher, teachers and staff who are all generous and committed volunteers.

Due to the demolition of the centre's building and the death of the centre's chairman Loret Lee, our Chinese School was closed for one year. The new chairman Mr. Gu Kai Hua, Rong Rong Hua JP and fellow directors reopened our school in Manchester Metropolitan University.

Our school was accepted by Edexcel as a GCSE and GCE examination centre. Our school candidates improved continuously and all pass with A*s.

School headmaster, Mr. Tyze Kai LI MBE represented Chinese Schools in England to present his paper in the World Conference for the Overseas Chinese Education in Shanghai, and exchanged ideas with representatives from other counties.

The UK Central Government Education Department assisted our school by equipping us with computers to teach computer skills; our pupils performed dance, calligraphy, and arts & crafts in the Language Festival in the University of Manchester.

Due to the reconstruction of the MMU building our school moved to the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

Our school performed a dance show in the Manchester Dance House Theatre.

Our school started hiring the Manchester Academy's new building to teach our pupils - the best Chinese school premises in Manchester. We adopted 'Manchester Chinese School' as our official name. We started to teach Chinese Language in Putonghua and simplified Chinese writing. Most of our teachers are fluent in both Cantonese and Putonghua as well as skillful in both traditional and simplified Chinese writing. We keep the number of pupils small in each class and offer classes from nursery to GCE A-Level.

Our school led 92 Chinese pupils from the north of England to attend a 3 week course in the Beijing University 2nd Overseas Language College, to study Putonghua and see sights, it was a fruitful event.

The People's Republic of China Overseas Affair Department recognized our school as a model school of Chinese Education in England and provided some fund to our school.

The People's Republic of China Consulate Office in Manchester awarded a prize to our school for our contribution of Chinese Education in Manchester.

Our School has won the top prize in the 2018 and 2019 Putonghua Recital Competition for all Chinese Schools in England.

Our pupils took part in the Chinese New Year Celebration in the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street. We demonstrated calligraphy, origami and lantern making art.

Every year our school performs dancing, calligraphy, origami and lantern making art in the Manchester Chinese New Year Celebrations. We often organise talks by artist, calligraphers, doctors, Chinese Health Information Centre for our pupils in our school.

Our school regularly provides and arranges teacher training courses for our teachers to improve our teaching standards. Hence the number of pupils in our school increased gradually from a few tens to over 300.