Project ID: 39664

China completes Confucius Institute in Samarkand

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Uzbekistan

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2013-09-09

Actual complete

2014-11-27

Geography

Description

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."

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Uzbekistan [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]