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On June 15, 2004, the Confucius Institute in Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies was formally established with the assistance of Lanzhou University. It is not only the first Confucius Institute in Uzbekistan but also the first in Central Asia. It was opened on May 7th, 2005, and it has functioned like other Confucius Institutes around the world with the mission to promote Mandarin teaching as well as cultural and educational exchanges between the two countries.