Students take selfies as they partake in a summer camp organized by Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Confucius Institute at the University of Rome. [Photo provided to China Daily]

As this year marks the tenth anniversary of the initiation of a summer camp co-organized by Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Confucius Institute at the University of Rome for Italian students from Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II international high school, an event was held at BFSU on June 14.

In May 2010, supported by the Confucius Institute headquarters, or Hanban,the Rome-based high school became a pioneer among Italian high schools in starting a Chinese language course.

Over the past 10 years, more than 1,400 of its students have been sent to Beijing and joined a two-week summer camp where they could taste local cuisine, visit historical attractions and practice calligraphy, paper-cutting or Chinese martial arts.