Confucius Institute launched in Samarkand

Confucius Institute is a cultural-educational center, where Chinese language and culture courses will be organized. The mission of the institute is to promote Chinese culture and language abroad to increase understanding of China.

The agreement on creation of the Confucius Institute was signed within the visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Uzbekistan in September 2013.

The first Confucius Institute was opened on the base of Tashkent State Oriental Studies Institute at the assistance of Lanzhou University (China) in line with the agreement between Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of Uzbekistan and Ministry of Education of China.

Currently, 400 people study at the Confucius Institute in Tashkent and learn Chinese language.