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Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Omar Bongo University

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•GabonDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GabonSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

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Project lifecycle

Completion

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Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
End (actual)
Dec 18, 2018

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This project was to aid in building Gabon's first Confucius Institute, which was established at Omar Bongo University (French: Université Omar Bongo), formerly the National University of Gabon, located in Libreville, Gabon. Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, located in the Estuaire Province in northwestern Gabon. More locational information about Omar Bongo University can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/251369723#map=17/0.41856/9.44504.

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

  • Omar Bongo University (UOB)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Tianjin Foreign Studies University

Loan description

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Omar Bongo University

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On December 4, 2017, Ma Jianfei, Secretary of the Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban Party Committee, and Professor Ropivia, President of Bongo University, signed the relevant documents for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Bongo University in Beijing. On December 18, 2018, Gabon Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chinese Ambassador to Gabon Hu Changchun, former Gabonese Ambassador to China, and representatives from all walks of life in Gabon attended the unveiling ceremony, which is jointly organized by Tianjin Foreign Studies University and Bongo University. On October 30, 2018, Ambassador to Gabon Hu Changchun met with Dean Wu Chunfeng of the Confucius Institute at the Omar Bongo University of Gabon. Dean Wu reported on the progress of the decoration and equipment of the teaching office building of the Confucius Institute, as well as the purchase of books, and expressed his gratitude to the embassy for its vigorous promotion and assistance.　　 On July 29, 2019, Ambassador Hu Changchun attended the graduation ceremony of the first batch of students of the Confucius Institute at Bongo University. The President of Bongo University Ropivia, the President of Gabon's Special Advisor on China Aro, Tianjin Foreign Studies University’s delegation to Gabon, and More than 100 people including representatives of teachers and students from Bongo University attended. According to The Paper News( 澎湃新闻), when Gabonese President Ali Bongo visited China in 2016, he proposed General Secretary Xi Jinping to establish a Confucius Institute for fostering China-Gabon cooperation.