Utah Valley University Students Attend Fuzhou ‘Gu Ling Yuan’ Choir Week: Xi Jinping’s Educational Legacy and CCP Propaganda Influence

Students from Utah Valley University (UVU), together with several other American youth choirs, participated in the “Gu Ling Yuan” U.S.-China Youth Choir Week, performing at Fujian Normal University, Minjiang University, and Fuzhou No. 16 High School. While framed as a musical and cultural exchange, the program operates under strict Chinese government oversight, highlighting the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) United Front and Propaganda apparatus.Minjiang University, where UVU students performed, maintains a deeply institutionalized CCP presence. Its Party Committee and Propaganda Department orchestrate cultural events, guide students’ participation, and ensure alignment with CCP messaging. The university has historical ties to Xi Jinping, who oversaw its development in the 1990s and emphasized Party leadership, socialist education, and ideological guidance. Current departments—Propaganda, United Front, Student Affairs, and Organizational Departments—continue to enforce Party-directed educational and cultural policies. 

Observers suggest that such exchanges give the CCP a mechanism to influence foreign youth, exposing them to curated messaging while framing China positively and Western countries comparatively negatively. For Utah Valley University students, this represents both a cultural and educational experience—but one conducted within a politically controlled environment. Readers are left to consider the possible long-term implications of participating in CCP-supervised cultural diplomacy.

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