On 3 July 2025, Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica Yang Xiaorong attended and addressed the first Graduation Ceremony of Earnest Institute For the Gifted, Hyperactive & Talented (E.I.G.H.T.). Ms. Natasha Russell, Principal of E.I.G.H.T., Mr. Feng Lei, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute, and representatives of Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information and the Mayor of Kingston attended.

E.I.G.H.T., the first “Family of China-Jamaica Friendship”, announced naming the school hall as “Lianxin”, which means heart-to-heart connection in Chinese, to commemorate the solid friendship between China and Jamaica.