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China completes Confucius Institute in Samarkand

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•UzbekistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•UzbekistanSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

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Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 9, 2013
End (actual)
Nov 27, 2014

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The Confucius Institute at Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages (Samarqand davlat chet tillari instituti or Самаркандский Государственный Институт Иностранных Языков or СамГИИЯ) is located in the city of Samarkand. More detailed locational information is available at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/311064985#map=19/39.65237/66.96352

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Uzbekistan

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

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China completes Confucius Institute in Samarkand

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According to Pravda Vostoka, the agreement on the establishment of the Confucius Institute in Samarkand was signed during the visit of the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping to the country upon invitation of the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, on September 9th, 2013. The participants became acquainted with the conditions created at the Institute for the study of Chinese language and culture. In her speech at the Institute's opening ceremony, on November 27th, 2014, Chargé d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Uzbekistan, Ms. Zou Yanhui, noted that, "Against the backdrop of the Silk Road Economic Belt joint creation of an increasing demand for highly qualified Chinese-personnel resources, so the opening of the Confucius Institute in Samarkand was held at the right time. I am sure that the Confucius Institute will play the role of enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples and the development of Sino-Uzbek relations."