China Ministry of Culture builds Chinese Cultural Center in Amman, Jordan

Project narrative

On January 8, 2018, the Chinese Ambassador to Jordan, Pan Weifang, and the Jordanian Minister of Culture, Nabih Shuqum, signed an agreement committing China's Ministry of Culture to fund and establish a Chinese Cultural Center in Amman, Jordan. The cultural center will provide courses in calligraphy, handicrafts, art, language, and media. The project is intended to increase knowledge of Chinese language and culture in Jordan while deepening cultural relations between the two countries. According to Amman News, this agreement was first outlined in a memorandum of understanding signed in Beijing between the two countries in September, 2016. The center had not yet been inaugurated or opened for in-person activities, however it is possible to physically locate the center on Google maps (when المركز الثقافي الصيني بعمّان is entered in the search bar). The Amman Chinese Cultural Center began trial operation in early January 2021. Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the center has successively launched a variety of online cultural activities, so that Jordanians can feel the beauty of Chinese culture and art without leaving home.