Learning Chinese Has Become A New Trend In The UAE
Recently, President Xi Jinping responded to a letter to student representatives of the “100 Schools Project” for Chinese language teaching in the United Arab Emirates, encouraging them to learn Chinese well, understand China, and contribute to promoting China-UAE friendship.
Xi Jinping said, I read each of your letters and felt your love for Chinese culture and your expectation for friendship between the two countries from between the lines and the paintings. Five years ago, President Mohammed and I jointly launched the “Hundred Schools Project” for Chinese language teaching in the UAE. Now I see that “learning Chinese” has become a new trend in the UAE and has cultivated a group of young ambassadors for China-UAE exchanges like you. I Very pleased.
Xi Jinping pointed out that you said in your letter that China and the UAE have been “hand in hand” for 40 years and hope that China and the UAE will always be good friends. The Chinese people also share the same wish. Young people represent the future of China-Arab friendly relations. You are welcome to come to China to see pandas, climb the Great Wall, and go to China to study at university when you grow up. We also welcome more Emirati teenagers to learn Chinese and understand China, communicate with Chinese teenagers, learn from each other, and plant the seeds of friendship in our hearts. , and contribute to creating a better tomorrow for China-Arab relations.
In July 2019, under the witness of President Xi Jinping and the then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Salman, China and the UAE signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing to officially launch the “Hundred Schools Project” for Chinese teaching in the UAE. As of now, 171 schools in the UAE offer Chinese courses, and 71,000 students study Chinese. Recently, 40 representatives of primary and secondary students from Hamdan School and Yas School, the model schools of the “100 Schools Project” in the United Arab Emirates, wrote to President Xi in Chinese, expressing their yearning and love for Chinese culture and their determination to be envoys of China-UAE friendship.
