Friday, November 28, 2008

Jia Qinglin attended the Middle East Technical University Confucius Institute listing ceremony Sidelights

Chairman Jia Qinglin of the CPPCC National Committee in Ankara, Turkey to attend the Middle East Technical University Confucius Institute at the opening ceremony. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Taoshe

Xinhua Ankara on November 28 to promote cultural exchanges to strengthen the power of prosperity and progress - Jia Qinglin attended the Middle East Technical University Confucius Institute listing ceremony Sidelights

Turkey is an official goodwill visit to the National People's Political Consultative Conference Chairman Jia Qinglin arrived in Ankara is located in the urban areas of the Middle East Technical University, the school attended the listing ceremony of the Confucius Institute.

Middle East Technical University in Turkey and the Middle East's leading comprehensive university, based on Turkey, for the entire Middle East. This is where the medium of instruction in English as early as Turkey's institutions of higher learning, and now the creation of Turkey's first Confucius Institute. Early next year, will be to recruit college students, engaged in Chinese language teaching, the dissemination of Chinese culture.

Ankara today, after a rain, the Weihan fishes with more fresh air, Cucu branches of yellow and red ocher tone for the roof, constitute a harmonious freehand brushwork paintings. Middle East Technical University campus one of the festival atmosphere to welcome the distinguished guests from China, leading to the Convention Center floor on the road from the red carpet. Convention Center's hall hanging a red light, melodious Zheng, on both sides of the hall decorated with a symbol of China's Jixiangruyi end, a display of Chinese calligraphy and seal carving works.

Local time 9:40, Jia Qinglin arrived in the Middle East Technical University, the president of Acar, was escorted into the conference hall, the hall immediately burst into warm applause. After listening to Acar, as well as joint sponsoring of Xiamen University, Zhu Chairman of the Council on the text of the Confucian school and college preparation for the introduction of the concept, Jia Qinglin, together with Acar took to the podium and gently Confucius Institute opened the curtain on the plaque , The market will once again burst into warm applause. Subsequently, Jia Qinglin, on behalf of the Middle East in the direction of the Technical University of China donated books, and accepted the principals Acar issued by the plaque.

After the ceremony, Jia Qinglin arrived in the Middle East Technical University and the University of Ankara in the middle students, and their cordial exchange. He said: "You wish to become the first Confucius Institute students. Xuechengzhihou hope that you will become a Sino-Turkish friendship between the two peoples of the glorious messenger."

Students with less skilled Chinese said that the Confucius Institute at last opened up, very excited, this is the Turkish-Chinese friendship and cooperation between the two countries an important contribution. Specially came at the opening ceremony that the high number of Ankara University Department of Chinese students also expressed their post-graduate students to study China's strong desire.

According to the Ankara University professor Oukai Eastern languages, as early as 1935, in Turkey Kemal Ataturk's initiative, on the establishment of the Ankara University School of the Chinese. In recent years, Turkey's universities have set up a number of Department of Chinese, Turkish Ministry of Education in 2005 also included in the Chinese vocational high school elective courses in foreign languages. However, it will lag far behind the rapid development of land in the friendly and cooperative relations between the practical needs. Therefore, the Middle East Technical University Confucius Institute set up a very timely and far-reaching.

China - Turkey, Asia, East and West end of the two painted brilliant on the Silk Road. Camel history of the Silk Road in the Valley in response, the friendly cooperation between China and Turkmenistan on the reality of the fertile soil on the open. Jia Qinglin, cordial words such as the general spring, hit Dangzhe history of the Camel, Fu Fu Zhao friendship flowers.

Confucius Institute of International Education in China is the core of one of the project. Beginning in 2004, China now has more than 70 countries abroad set up more than 260 Confucius Institute. People look forward to Turkey in the eastern and western civilizations converged collision of the country's first Confucius Institute to bear a new cultural exchange, the fruits of integration.

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