国内英语资讯:China, Senegal continue to deepen comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2019_时事

国内英语资讯:China, Senegal continue to deepen comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2019

Senegal and China also increased cultural exchanges in 2019. In November, Dakar hosted an international seminar on China-Africa Cooperation and the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. The event was organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the National School of Administration of Senegal.

Senegalese Minister of Infrastructure Oumar Youm said the Belt and Road Initiative meets the real needs of China and African countries.

The initiative reflects the "sincere and firm commitment of both parties to building together a common destiny even stronger and more prosperous," he said.

In 2019, the Chinese Embassy in Senegal granted scholarships to 48 Senegalese students for them to continue their studies in China in various fields.

Local Confucius Institute students competed in the Senegal country final of the 18th edition of the worldwide "Chinese Bridge" contest.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, Hangzhou Art Troupe performed at the Grand Theater in Dakar to showcase Chinese culture.

In the Museum of Black Civilizations, Shanghai University presented an exhibition, "The emergence of the Chinese countryside through development," to tell the story of China's development.

For Birane Niang, secretary general of the Senegalese Ministry of Culture and Communication, "cultural dialogue has this ability to bring people together and strengthen their friendship and mutual respect of their differences."