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China established Confucius Institute at the University of Nouakchott in Mauritania

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•MauritaniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MauritaniaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
End (actual)
Jun 24, 2019

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University of Nouakchott in Mauritania. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/94938496

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

  • University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hebei University

Loan description

China established Confucius Institute at the University of Nouakchott in Mauritania

Narrative

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Project narrative

According to a media report, sometime prior to December 4, 2018, the Chinese government pledged to open a Confucius Institute at the University of Nouakchott in Mauritania. The plaque for the new Confucius Institute was delivered at the opening ceremony of the 13th Confucius Institute Conference in Chengdu, Sichuan province on December 4. On June 24, 2019, an unveiling ceremony was held for the Confucius Institute at the University of Nouakchott. More than 200 people, including Sidi Ould Salem, Mauritanian Minister of Higher Education and Research, Ahmedou Haouba, President of the University of Nouakchott, Zhang Jianguo, Chinese Ambassador to Mauritania, Wang Jian, etc., attended the event. According to a congratulatory letter from Ma Jianfei, Deputy Chief Executive of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, the University of Nouakchott and Hebei University will work closely together to build the Confucius Institute into an important platform for teachers, students, and folks of Mauritania to learn Chinese and understand China. At the unveiling ceremony, teachers and students of Hebei University performed Chinese calligraphy, painting, martial arts, folk songs and folk dances. Students from Hebei University and the University of Nouakchott jointly sang the traditional Chinese folk song “Jasmine” and won rounds of applause from the audience.