Noyan Rona’s unceasing devotion to Shanghai’s development

(Noyan does volunteer work in a community.)

Back to the 1980s

Chinese people born after the 1960s might have seen a 1983 film titled College Girls Dormitory. The film was shot mainly at Wuhan University. It is therefore no surprise that you might see some student extras from Wuhan University. Of great surprise, however, is that one of them is Noyan. Although he appeared only in four shots, Noyan said with pride, “I was paid five yuan.” (In the 1980s, 5 yuan was not a small amount.)

In 1983, Noyan, a graduate of Chinese Studies from Ankara University, came to China for further studies as the first batch of government-sponsored students from Turkey. He studied Chinese at the Beijing Language Institute (now Beijing Language and Culture University) and then studied for a master’s degree in history at Wuhan University.