Minister-Communist Karpenka: We Are Starting Learning Chinese Since September

In the new academic year, the Chinese language program will be expanded in the Belarusian schools.

Belarusian Minister of Education Ihar Karpenka said as he met with President of the Hefei University of Technology Liang Liang, BelTA reports.

“This school year we will expand the Chinese language program in Belarus, and the process will continue. Belarus and China are implementing large-scale social, economic and investment projects, the largest of them being the Chinese-Belarusian industrial park Great Stone,” — Ihar Karpenka said.

He drew attention to the fact that big companies such as Huawei, ZTE, construction corporations are already present in Belarus.

“This all shows the importance of learning Chinese as there is a need to implement the agreements concluded at the highest level,” — the Minister said.

The Chinese delegation visited several educational institutions in Minsk, including Belarusian State University, Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, and Belarusian State Technological University (BSTU). The parties have been discussing various options for further cooperation. So, for example, Hefei University of Technology and BSTU run three similar programs. An agreement was reached to develop joint education programs. There are plans to introduce a 2+2 training system during which students will study for two years in Belarus and China.

An agreement on academic and scientific cooperation was made between the Belarusian State Technological University and Hefei University of Technology.