An educators’ delegation from the Kong Zi Institute at the University of Malaya visited Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) on Sept 15. The delegation was led by Siti Aminah Binti Abdul Kadir, director of higher education of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) (in English ‘the Council of Trust for the People’). Ding Hao, a member of the standing committee of the CPC BFSU committee and vice-president of the university, received the delegation.

The educators’ delegation from the Kong Zi Institute at the University of Malaya and BFSU representatives engage in discussions. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]  

During the meeting, Ding outlined BFSU’s overall development and its Malay language program. He reviewed the history of exchanges and cooperation between BFSU and the University of Malaya, MARA, as well as other Malaysian educational institutions. Ding emphasized the long-standing friendship and mutual trust between China and Malaysia in education and culture. He expressed BFSU’s readiness to continue using the Kong Zi Institute as a platform to deepen ties with Malaysian educational institutions, government and enterprises.

Ding called for further strengthening the training of local Chinese language teachers in Malaysia, opening up channels for student and faculty exchanges and exploring vocational education training projects with the Vocational Education Publishing Branch of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, so as to promote the sharing of educational resources and academic collaboration between China and Malaysia.

The educators’ delegation from the Kong Zi Institute at the University of Malaya and BFSU representatives pose for a photo. [Photo/bfsu.edu.cn]  

Aminah thanked BFSU for its sustained support of Malay language teaching and Chinese language education in Malaysia. She noted that the university has cultivated a large number of local Chinese language teachers in Malaysia, making significant contributions to bilateral friendship and development. 

Aminah expressed her hope that this visit will further deepen connections with BFSU, advance exchanges between teachers and students of the two countries, expand faculty training and study-abroad programs and encourage BFSUers to engage in academic exchanges with Malaysian universities.