Visit of the Chinese delegation to ENU

 

On September 26, 2023, a visit of the Chinese delegation led by the Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC), Mr. Hao Ping, took place at the L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC is one of the nine special committees of the NPC.

During the meeting with the leadership of ENU, teachers, undergraduates and students of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Faculty of International Relations also took part. ENU Rector Erlan Battashevich Sydykov proposed organizing the event in the format of an open conversation, in which everyone could express their thoughts, share interesting ideas and ask exciting questions. In his speech, he spoke about the fruitful cooperation between the two countries in the humanitarian and educational spheres. One of the striking examples of such interaction is the activities of the first Confucius Institute at ENU. Director of the Confucius Institute from the Chinese side, Mr. Yang Lei spoke about the activities of the Confucius Institute. Zhomart Nartai, a second-year master's student of the Department of Oriental Studies, spoke on behalf of the undergraduates.

In greeting Mr. Hao Ping noted that the Eurasian National University in Kazakhstan is a leading university, like Beijing University in China, and Harvard in the USA. Mr. Hao Ping also showed great interest in the rector’s book “Shakarim” in Chinese and expressed confidence that the book would be very popular in China. At the end of the meeting, he invited the rector and the ENU delegation to pay a return visit to Chinese universities to develop cooperation in the field of education and science.