Wednesday, June 18, 2008

As guests of Confucius

In Kyrgyzstan project Bishkek SCO summit
Another result of the Kyrgyz-Chinese cooperation in education has appeared in the Kyrgyz capital. Humanities University yesterday in an opening ceremony of Confucius Institute.
A decision to this effect has been taken exactly one year ago at the Bishkek summit of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Then, during the bilateral meetings between President Kurman Bakiyev-bey and head of China Hu Jintao was first voiced the idea of establishing on the basis of a metropolitan centre of Chinese universities literature, culture and education. Whose name would be a new institution, from the outset, no one in doubt. Of course, the great ancient thinker Confucius. In the Kyrgyz republic among intellectuals and students many admirers and followers of the philosophy of world famous Chinese philosopher.
The opening was attended by MPs, members of the government, rectors of universities, the entire diplomatic corps PRC embassy in Kyrgyzstan, a professor of Xinjiang - Uighur Autonomous Region, the young student's capital. According to Education Minister Ishengul Boldjurova, symbolic that this event took place after seven years since the SCO and education devoted to this landmark event. As you know, for the peoples of East 7 figure means a lot, it marks the most important dates in social, political, cultural life.
Extraordinary Plenipotentiary Ambassador of China in the CD Zhang Yanyan confident that the Confucius Institute will be another bridge of friendship and good neighbourliness between the two countries that not one generation of Chinese language, philosophers and diplomats will withdraw from its walls. After all, there will be conducted not only seminars, round tables and conferences, but also refresher courses for teachers and learning the Chinese language and literacy for everyone regardless of age.
Owners of new education center in Bishkek, according to the rector Abdyldy Musaev, will strictly adhere to the slogan, which formed the basis of Confucius saying "Learning, not knowing weariness, to teach all comers".
According to Chinese embassy staff correspondent "the Russian newspaper", possibly already this year will open another Confucius Institute at National University, took second place in terms of the number of students enrolled in the Faculty kitaevedenija.

Lika Chumakova

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