On the afternoon of March 5th, the opening ceremony of the Zulu language course was held in the International Building. The South African Republic's ambassador to China, Dorana Musiman, and the vice president of our school, Jia Wenjian attended the opening ceremony.

In his speech, Jia Wenjian reviewed the friendly exchanges between China and South Africa in recent years, and introduced the new language of our school. He said that the construction of the north will be fully built in all official languages ​​with China, and the number of languages ​​has reached nearly 100. Zulu is one of the important languages ​​of Beiwai's planning and construction. I hope to cultivate a group of outstanding talents who know the language and culture of Zulu for China. Important significance.

Musman praised Beiwai's contribution to cultivating Chinese foreign language and diplomatic talents. Thanks to the efforts of Beiwai for building Zulu language majors. As an example The significance of mutual understanding and protecting cultural diversity among nations, and encourages students to work hard to become compound and compound talents. Beiwai's Zulu language course is an important milestone in the history of relations between China and South Africa. The embassy will do its best to support the establishment of a partnership between Beiwai and South African universities to promote the cultivation of Zulu -speaking talents and friendly exchanges with various fields.

The opening ceremony was chaired by Dr. Zhao Lei of Asia and African College. Cai Lianqiao, deputy director of the Academic Affairs Department, Ge Dongdong, the party general branch secretary of the Asian African College, Ma Zhongwu, deputy dean Ma Zhongwu, young teacher Huang Lizhi, and Zulu -speaking teachers and all elective students attended the opening ceremony.

Zulu is one of the official languages ​​of the South African Republic, with a population of about 15 million. Zulu is the seventh African language course set up by our school.

(Asia -African College)