Students and teachers at Experimental Primary School of Shinan district in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province started their first day of the new spring semester on Feb 25 by launching the themed activity "We Are Dreamers" in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

Zhu Xuemei, principal of the Shinan District Experimental Primary School delivers a speech at the opening ceremony for the new semester on Feb 25 in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. Primary and secondary schools in the coastal city reopened on the day following the long Spring Festival break. [Photo/dzwww.com]

Pupils of the Shinan District Experimental Primary School stage a dance performance at the opening ceremony for the new semester on Feb 25 in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. [Photo/dzwww.com]

Fun activities take place at the opening ceremony for the new semester on Feb 25 in the Shinan District Experimental Primary School in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. [Photo/dzwww.com]