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China Cultural Center inaugurated in Bulgaria

The first China’s Embassy in Central and Easter Europe opened doors in Sofia

On the 23^rd of November 2017 the first China Cultural Center open doors in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. This is the 34^rd international cultural center of China worldwide and its first cultural embassy in Central and Eastern Europe. The center is covering an area of almost 4,000 square meters and includes exhibition halls, a library and rooms for teaching Chinese language, calligraphy, music, martial arts, dance and cuisine.

Zhang Xu, deputy-minister of the Ministry of Culture of China, Zhang Haizhou, Chinese ambassador to Bulgaria, Boil Banov, cultural minister of Bulgaria, Yordanka Fandakova, mayor of Sofia, along with over 100 representatives from the two countries attended the ceremony.

China's Vice Minister of Culture, said at the ceremony that the inauguration of the China Cultural Center marked a new stage in the cultural exchange and cooperation between the two countries.

Sources: BTA, China Daily