Promotion of Chinese language will further consolidate the all-weather friendship between Pakistan and China and will help not only bolster existing bilateral relations but also enhance diplomatic, commercial, economic, cultural and strategic relations of both the countries, said People’s Republic of China Ambassador Mr Liu Jian.
He stated this while addressing the prize-distribution ceremony of the 11th Chinese Bridge, Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, which was arranged by Confucius Institute Islamabad and Embassy of the People’s Republic of China at National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, on Wednesday.
“Pakistan and China are enjoying very cordial relations in every field of life and recent visit of 100-member delegation of All-China Youth Federation shows that both the countries are interested in people-to-people interaction, teachers-students exchanges and social and cultural exchanges to trickle these relations down to grassroots level. Such platforms for language learning will enable you to search and avail economic, commercial and cultural opportunities from a global milieu,” he added.
Moreover, speaking on the occasion, Director General Brig Azam Jamal said, “We are thankful to Chinese Embassy and Chinese government for provision of proper syllabi, books, reading material and teachers for Chinese department.”
Chinese department is playing a very efficient role in producing young proficient Chinese language speakers and alumni are now serving on key posts of the country as well as abroad.
“Our cooperation will increase manifold in future as our young Pakistani teachers of Chinese language are imparting the language learning diligently and the time is not afar when every second Pakistani will be able to understand and speak Chinese language,” he added.
The competition was divided into three parts and a student has to deliver a speech in Chinese language in the first part, answer questions of judges in the second part and perform something in Chinese talent show which was third part of the competition. Students delivered their speeches in Chinese, answered the questions with confidence and then performed cultural dances and sang Chinese songs to demonstrate their mastery in Chinese language.
The first position was won by Muhammad Waqas Ali Goraya while the second position was clinched by two students Musadiq Hanif and Fazal Rahim. The winners of this competition will participate in the final competition of 11th Chinese Bridge – Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students which will be held in China.