On September 15 (local time), the Confucius Institute (CI) at Congolese Diplomatic Academy held the first Chinese performance competition and the celebration of the 5th anniversary of CI. More than 150 people participated in the event, including Zhao Bin, Chinese Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, BAKATULA NZUZI Marie Madeleine, Director of the Department of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo, BOYOKO BAELO DEBRE, Dean of the Congolese Diplomatic Academy, Li Sheng, General Manager of LA Sino-Congolaise Des Mines S.A., Pang Long, President of the Chinese Enterprise Association, Ma Xinqiang, Chinese Director of CI, FUNDI TANGANIKA ELOI, Foreign Director of CI, representatives of foreign cooperative institutions of CI, representatives of Chinese enterprises in DR Congo, overseas Chinese, and family members and friends of the participating contestants.

At the celebration ceremony of the fifth anniversary, Zhao Bin recognized the achievements of CI in carrying out Chinese language education and cultural exchange activities in DR Congo over the past five years, and encouraged CI to keep up the good work and continue to contribute to cultural exchanges and educational cooperation between China and DR Congo with the support of CSU and the Chinese International Education Foundation.

Ma Xinqiang pointed out that with the joint efforts of all parties, CI has not only made a significant breakthrough in the scale of teaching sites and student enrollment, but also actively explored the education model of “Chinese language + vocational skills”. CI will try to build a development model of "One City, One Belt" for international Chinese language education in DR Congo, and expand Chinese language education beyond Kinshasa to the mining areas, such as Lubumbashi and Kolwezi, in the near future.

The ceremony was followed by the first DRC Chinese performance competition. Fifteen finalists from the National Institute of the Arts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, University of Kinshasa, Gombe Secondary School, and CI main campus presented well-prepared Chinese performances such as dance, martial arts, recitation and singing.

(First Reviewer: Zhang Xu, Second Reviewer: Wang Xuan, Third Reviewer: Li Yin)

Source: Confucius Institute at Congolese Diplomatic Academy

Original article link: https://news.csu.edu.cn/info/1003/157007.htm