European forum of the Institutes of Confucius opens in the Belarusian State University

11 сентября 2013

Natalia Tarasuk: Over 250 experts on China from 80 countries of the world took part in this large-scale event. Guests from Belgium, Sweden, Norway and China were speaking Chinese this day. Yet, naturally most of the guests came from China. Over 900 students of the Belarusian State University study Chinese at the moment. And the first center of Chinese studies opened in Minsk Linguistic University in 2011.


Gong Jianwei, the Belarusian ambassador to China: This in an all-out strategic partnership engulfing business cooperation, economy, financial cooperation and interaction in other fields.


The ne institute of Confucius will soon appear in the Belarusian Technical University.


Valery Matsel, councilor on the affairs of Asia and Africa: We will be training specialists with the knowledge of Chinese and the knowledge of special technical terms.


The participants of the forum will discuss a number of educational, scientific and research projects. It will give a new impetus to the development of economic relations. The investment portfolio of joint projects amount to 5bn USD.