On December 8-10, 2023 the Director of the Confucius Institute, Chen Zhiguo, on the Chinese side, and Masalbek Sulaimanov, the Director on the Kyrgyz side, participated in the 1st World Chinese Language Conference “The Chinese Language Serves the World and Openness Leads to the Future”, which was held in Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China. The list of the best higher institutions for the 2022-2023 academic year was announced during the event. Among them, the Confucius Institute of KNU named after Jusup Balasagyn was awarded the title of “The Best Chinese Language (HSK, HSKK) Examination Center” among the 500 Confucius Institutes in the world.

After the conference, the Directors visited China’s Hebei Province and signed cooperation agreements with Hebei University, Hebei Pedagogical University, and Hebei Industrial Network University. The parties discussed bilateral cooperation, the goals of scientific research, the implementation of programs for students’ mobility for short-term and long-term studies. These universities have a rich history and are among the leading universities in China.

Students of the Kyrgyz-Chinese Institute of the National University: Aalam, who studied at Xi'an University of Foreign Languages, and Naryngul, who studied at Beijing Pedagogical University, took part in the conference as well. They greeted their classmates studying in Kyrgyzstan and invited them to study in China, wishing their brothers and sisters good health and success in their work.

Sulaimanov Masalbek is the Kyrgyz director of the Confucius Institute