Sanya, Qiongzhou is actively pursuing more foreign enrollments, hoping to attract Chinese tourism and language students to the city. Courses offered to international students are: elementary Chinese, intermediate Chinese, advanced Chinese (listening, speaking, reading and writing), English, Russian (listening, speaking, reading and writing), Chinese calligraphy and painting, Chinese martial arts, Chinese history, studies of Li and Miao Cultures, tourism and recreational management, and music performance. Primary and secondary schools The city government states on its website that "Being the second-largest city in Hainan, the education in Sanya is relatively better than the average level in Hainan Province" but that the kindergartens are not as good as those in major Chinese cities and that the primary and secondary schools are still below the Chinese national average. According to the city government, Primary schools No.7 and No.9 Primary School are the best ones in the city and that Bayi Primary School "is also of good quality". The city government identifies the best lower secondary (junior high school) and upper secondary (senior high school) institutions as Sanya Shiyan Middle School and Sanya No.1 High School, respectively. The International School of Sanya (formerly Canadian International School of Sanya) is the first school to offer two programs: Canadian and Mandarin, in Hainan. The school has announced its relocation to the BanShanBanDao -Serenity Coast () residential area in August 2014, where the new campus will offer pre-K. day students and boarding facilities for students. Events The city has hosted: Boao Forum for Asia Annual high level forums for world leaders focused on the Asian region and its stakeholders. 2014 WTTC Global Summit Keynote speakers: Kofi Annan, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dame DeAnne Julius, Yao Ming 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 4 Start to Auckland 2011 BRICS summit Elite Model Look in 2008 and 2009 Miss World contest in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2018 Mister World contest in 2007 World's Strongest Man contest in 2006 and 2013 2012 Sanya International Beach Musical Festival 2013 ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race In-port race and Leg 4 Start to Auckland FIA Formula E Sanya ePrix from 2019 2020 Asian Beach Games Sister cities Gallery References External links Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya article — with pictures, author confuses "Buddha" and "Guanyin". Whatsonsanya.com: News, travel, business and cultural guide to Sanya and Hainan Province Cities in Hainan Prefecture-level divisions of Hainan