Chinese firm signs cultural exchange agreement with Confucius Institute in Tanzania

China Communications Construction Company Limited Tanzania (CCCC) Senior Representative Zhao Zhenyuan (R, front) and University of Dar es Salaam Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for postgraduate studies Donatha Tibuhwa (L, front) shake hands at the signing of a cultural exchange and cooperation agreement in Tanzania on Aug. 18, 2023. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

The China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) Tanzania office and the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on Friday signed an agreement on cultural exchange and cooperation between China and Tanzania.

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) Tanzania office and the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on Friday signed an agreement on enhancing cultural exchange and cooperation between China and Tanzania.

The agreement was signed by CCCC Senior Representative Zhao Zhenyuan and University of Dar es Salaam Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for postgraduate studies Donatha Tibuhwa.

Speaking before the signing, Tibuhwa said the agreement will not only promote friendship and cooperation between CCCC and the University of Dar es Salaam but also between China and Tanzania.

She said the Chinese government and the CCCC have "left an indelible mark within the University of Dar es Salaam academic environment after they had built the largest library which is being used by students to widen their knowledge to international standards."

Tibuhwa said that the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam, which was established a decade ago, has continued to promote culture between China and Tanzania through the teaching of Chinese language and culture.

"Most of the students who learned the Chinese language at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam are employed by the government, and others are working with Chinese enterprises in Tanzania," she said, thanking the CCCC for donating books to the Confucius Institute.

Zhao, for his part, said that over the past 10 years, the Confucius Institute has played an important role promoting people-to-people and cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Tanzania.

He said that since entering the Tanzanian market in 2009, the CCCC has undertaken nearly 20 projects, making positive contributions to driving Tanzania's infrastructure construction, promoting local economic and social development, and improving the living standards of the Tanzanian people.

"We are committed to providing Tanzania with more infrastructure services to make transportation more convenient and life better. We are willing to carry out more cultural exchange activities with the University of Dar es Salaam, and use cultural communication as a medium to achieve mutual integration, to deepen the friendship between the two countries," Zhao said.