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English Teaching Position in Quzhou High School (close to Hangzhou)

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English Teaching Position in Quzhou High School (close to Hangzhou)

About Quzhou

Quzhou is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang province, China. Sitting on the upper course of the Qiantang River, it borders Nanping to the south, Shangrao and Jingdezhen to the west, Yellow Mountain of Anhui Province to the north, and Hangzhou, Jinhua and Lishui to the east. The prefecture-level city of Quzhou currently administers three counties, namely Longyou, Kaihua and Changshan Counties, two districts, namely Kecheng and Qujiang Districts, and one county-level city, namely Jiangshan City. It covers an area of 8,844.6 Square Kilometers, and has a population of 2.52 million.

Quzhou enjoys a long history of over 1800 years and has been listed as a famous state-level historical and cultural city. The foundation of Quzhou can be dated back to East Han Dynasty, year 192 A.D., when it was named Xin’an and of county-level. In year 559A.D. Xin’an was enlarged into a shire, which marked the beginning of the leading-county system. In year 621 A.D, Quzhou city was established. After the Liberation of China in 1949, Quzhou Commission was founded but was dismissed in 1955 and the subordinating counties were allocated into Jinhua or Jiande special administrative areas respectively. Until 1985 was the prefecture-level city of Quzhou was founded.

Quzhou is well endowed with a splendid culture and boasts abundant scenic spots and historical relics. The Ancestral Temple of the Southern Confucian Clan was built in Quzhou as early as in year 1128 when Kong Duanyou, the 48th generation descendent of Confucius, followed the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to the south and thereby was conferred land and mansion here. The temple here, styled the one in Qufu city, Shandong province, is one of the only two Confucius Family Temples and has long been known as the “Southern Shrine”. The well-preserved city walls and traditional streets give Quzhou the most historic profoundness among the eleven municipal cities in Zhejiang Province. The Lanke Mountain is considered the cradle for the Go Culture of China.

Located by the source of the Qiantang River, Quzhou is characterized by picturesque landscapes and abundant resources, which have won Quzhou the title of National Eco-Model city, National Garden City, and Excellent National Tourism City. Quzhou is listed among the nine ecologically favorable areas nationwide, and among the twelve areas that enjoy biological diversity of international significance worldwide. Quzhou serves as the biological barrier for Zhejiang province for its forest cover of 71%, and for the water reserve of nearly 10 billion cubic meters, with the surface water meeting the first and second level drinking water standards. So far more than 50 kinds of minerals have been explored and verified, among which limestone, stone coal, bauxite, and fluoride rank the first in reserve in Zhejiang province. The stone coal and limestone reserve take up three fifths and one third of the total provincial reserves respectively. The spectacular sights, diversified landscapes and verified scenic spots provide Quzhou with distinctive tourism resource that enjoys the features of saintliness,divinity, rarity, fascination, mystery, and resourcefulness. The Southern Confucius Family Temple, Lanke Mountain, Longyou Caves, Jianglang Mountain and Qiangtang River Source are well-known resorts.

The advantageous location and convenient transportation together have earned Quzhou the fame of “the hub leading to four provinces” and “the head of five roads”. Since its establishment, Quzhou has been the trading center and transport hub of the four neighboring provinces, namely Zhejiang province, Fujian province, Jiangxi province, and Anhui province. The transportation networks by land, water and air have been fully established. The Zhengjiang to Jiangxi railway runs through the whole city, and the Quzhou to Changshan railway has been in utilization, which is a part of the Jiujiang-Jinggdezhen-Quzhou railway that is designed to join Beijing-Jiulong Railway.

As a major project, the Quzhou passage of the whole Hangzhou-Changsha passenger dedicated line has been officially commenced, which marked an era of high-speed rail for Quzhou. The Shipping Project on Qujiang River, presently under construction, will redepict a scene of thousands of ships sailing, and rebring a glorious golden waterway. Hangzhou- Jinhua- Quzhou highway, Hangzhou- Xin’anjiang- Jingdezhen highway, Huangshan-Quzhou-Nanping highway, and Longyou-Lishui highway constitute a highway network that connects the places of four directions. Besides, the seven important infrastructure projects like Hangzhou-Xin’anjiang -Jingdezhen highway etc. have been included in national planning. It takes two hours’ driving to Hangzhou and about three hours to Shanghai and Ningbo. In one word, the location advantage in transportation of Quzhou will be more remarkable as time goes by.

The economy of Quzhou is full of vitality and is heading for a brighter future. It is not only home of the biggest fluoride chemical industry base in China, therefore is honored as the “fluorine city of China”, but also the only city which sees the co-flourishing of both fluoride and silicon industries. The production of monocrystalline silicon and organic silicon takes a leading role in the national same trades. Quzhou was awarded as the base for novel types of fluoride and silicon materials by Ministry of Science and Technology in May, 2008.

For Zhejiang Province, Quzhou is also an important base of constructing materials, special paper, and precise bearings. The pneumatic machinery has a high domestic market share. Under the guideline of “sophisticated leading industry, large-scaled new industry, traditional high-tech industry”, Quzhou has been ardently developing the industries of new fluoride and silicon materials, equipment manufacture, and novel energy, luminous source, and materials, which are summarized as the 100billion industries. The gross value of industrial output from the above-scale industrial enterprises reached 132.86 billion RMB in 2011, among which 231 companies are with the scale of over 100 million yuan. Quzhou is home of the largest green agricultural product base. There is a well-developed ecologically efficient agriculture with distinct features of being natural, base-scale, and brand-oriented. This can be furthered illustrated by the title of home of 17 specialties nationwide and by the green agricultural products base of over one million Mu (15 mu equals one hectare).

In recent years, the municipal committee and government have been following the concept of scientific development and carrying out the policies and plans of the central and provincial governments to unify and lead people of all walks, seize opportunities, overcome hardships, stride forward, and push forward the development of economy, politics, culture, and city construction, which consolidates and develops the vigorous, peaceful and harmonious climate in the whole city. In 2011, the GDP reached 89.03 billion yuan, at a year-on-year growth rate of 11%.The investment in fixed assets was 51.16 billion yuan, increased by 14.5%.The total revenue was 9.5 billion yuan, increased by 26.1 %( including 5.76 billion yuan of local revenue, at a growth rate of 22.6%). The per capita disposable income of the urban residents reached 24,900 yuan, increased by 14.2% and the rural residents 9635 yuan, increased by 16.5%.

During the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period and the time after, under the requirements of green development, ecology-friendly enrichment, and scientific breakthrough, the prefecture of Quzhou will develop sustainably by leaps and bounds from a high starting point. Furthermore, the construction of “one region with two functions and one city with three major main features” will be realized and the city’s late rise in the province and early rise within the borders of four provinces will be accelerated in making the city strong and the people rich. The government will vigorously construct Quzhou into a green base for the marine economy of Zhejiang province and a demonstration base for the mountain economy, and into a city with both the shape and spirits of culture and ecology, a beautiful city with happy livelihood, and an open-minded city with dynamic entrepreneurship. The rise of Quzhou will be focused on catching up with the other cities of the province and exceeding the cities within the boundaries of the four neighboring provinces.

For more information, please visit:

http://english.qz.gov.cn/Home/

http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quzhou

About Quzhou High School

Located south of Mountain Lanke and facing east of the Wuxi River, Quzhou High School is evaluated as the best school for both teaching and learning. It is one of the provincial key high schools in Zhejiang province.

The school, covering about 90,000 square meters, is equipped with facilities of top quality and scientific management. It has a solid faculty team of 343 staff members with 195 excellent teachers, two of whom are honored as “outstanding teachers” at provincial level while three are considered as “master hand” at municipal level, Some of them also gain the honor of“ municipal rookie in education Profession”, some are academic leaders at municipal level and some are awarded the title of top ten young people. The head teachers are brilliant as well, many of whom even enter the top ten in Quzhou.

Quzhou High School, with the management strategy----development based on humanism, quality on unique feature, and strength on sophisticated management, shoulders the responsibility of cultivating students to be a moral and learned people, qualified with well-behavior and diligence. Quzhou High School,who attaches great importance to the basic education.The aim of school is fostering students’ abilities of independence and creativity. As a result, last decade has witnessed its notable achievements. Till now, totally 23 students have been members of Being University and Tsinghua university, more than 130 students have be admitted into Zhejiang University and three people have ranked the first place at the College Entrance Examination (science) in Quzhou for three times.

Together with the great success in academy, the Quality Education is also fruitful. The school has won the eye----catching glory one after another, more than 10 students who took part in the academic competition won excellent awards at Provincial level. What’s more, the school’s men’s football team received the golden medal in the 13th Provincial sports meet while the school’s Di Zhi Qiu team won four of six golden medals In the 21st Provincial tournament in 2009. Despite of all the achievements, Quzhou High School still strives to remain competitive in education, and now, it’s right on the way to the rapid development. We’re sure, with the support of the city government and Bureau of Education as well as the efforts of all the teaching staff, the future of the school will be brighter.

Employment Package

Gender: â– unspecific

Education: â– bachelorâ– unspecific

Major: â– unspecific

Working Experience: â– unspecific

Age: â– unspecific

Nationality: â– USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa or NZ

Language: â– English

Vacancy: â– one

Contract Terms

Contract time: â– one year (from September 1st, 2013 to June 30th, 2014)

Workload: â– 18 classes per week

Courses: â– spoken English â– conversation

The age of students: â– 16-18

Students' English level: â– Intermediate

Monthly salary: â– Monthly CNY 7,000

Airfare: â– round trip reimbursement on the completion of the contract

Boarding place: â– on campus

Is accommodation self-contained: â– yes

The name of the nearest large city: Hangzhou City

How far: two hours by train Population: 7 million

Are the Medical Facilities available: â– Yes

In an emergency, how far is it to the best medical facilities: 5 minutes






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CNY 7,000


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