Chinese Confucius Institute to enhance bilateral ties
The UAF official said that this department would enable people from both countries to develop closer ties.
He said this while receiving a five-member Chinese delegation headed by Prof Yang Zhijiang, associate dean at the Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China and president of the Chinese Confucius Institute at UAF.
Khan said Chinese help in offering short courses for technicians and enabling the UAF staff to hone their skills would be appreciated. Additionally, this would also provide the workforce with a potential market that could open new business and employment opportunities, he added.
He said that the university will offer its staff and students opportunity to learn the Chinese native language (Mandarin) at the Chinese Confucius Institute that will attract more people to join and bring more variety to the programmes.
He said the proposed Confucius institute could also be a firm foundation for faculty and student exchange programmes and bringing forth joint research proposals for international funding. He vowed to extend unequivocal support of UAF to the Chinese Institute.
Prof Yang Zhijiang said setting up of a Confucius Institute will further pave the way for building a teaching centre for Chinese architecture.
He said the centre would help provide Pakistanis an opportunity to learn Mandarin and understand more about China’s culture.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2014.
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Prof. Dr. Khan's initiative is an excellent opening for bilateral relations with China. The Confucius Institute is a bridge between China and Pakistan. Pakistan rich in organic food, will share its strength in livestock, agriculture, Animal health, our local breed of livestock. We need to open up more in knowledge/information exchange from China and staying within our boundaries we can have our classes taken by the faculty in China yesterday. The World Animal Health Organisation organises programes which we have to participate and spread the technology of Desi breed. Our horny Ox, Stud, will ench the livestock sector with growth un-paralelled. Not only we should specialise in in-semination, animal husbandry, that our stud will make hundreds of Chinas cows pregnant and will have the excellent breed which would be prefered program at Paris. We have to produce the horniest of Ox, Studs and supply them for millions of Rupees as the parent flock.