The Confucius Institute at North South University (NSU) in
Bangladesh was inaugurated in Dhaka Tuesday to introduce Chinese
language and culture to the country and promote mutual
understanding and exchanges between peoples of the two
countries.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to
Bangladesh Chai Xi said the founding of the Confucius Institute at
NSU demonstrates Bangladeshi people's common amicable sentiments
toward China and the Chinese people and lays another solid
foundation for further enhancing bilateral all-round cooperation
and friendship between the two nations.
"The Confucius Institute at NSU will definitely promote the
development of the Chinese language teaching in Bangladesh and open
a new window of exhibiting Chinese culture," Chai said.
Confucius Institute Director Khaliquzzaman Elias said the
institute will not be confined to language, but provide wide
knowledge and better understanding of the Chinese culture.
The Confucius Institute at NSU was jointly set up by China
National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOCFL)
and Bangladesh NSU.
To meet the increasing demand for learning the Chinese language,
according to NOCFL, it began to co-construct Confucius Institute
with education organizations of foreign countries that have the
desire and corresponding conditions from the year of 2004. Within
more than one year time, 25 Confucius Institutes have been set up
in 20 countries.
(Xinhua News Agency February 15, 2006)
