China donates to encourage Chinese language education at Cambodian schools

17 April 2014

The Chinese government on Thursday donated USD203,000 to the Chinese Association in Cambodia to support schools offering Chinese language courses in Cambodia. Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo handed over the money to Duong Chhiv, the president of the Chinese Association in Cambodia.

Speaking at the ceremony, Bu said that of the donation, USD10,000 was donated by the Chinese Embassy to Cambodia and the other 1.2 million yuan or USD193,000 was granted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China.

She thanked the association for its outstanding efforts in promoting Chinese language and culture in Cambodia. The budget is to ease financial difficulties for Chinese (language) schools in Cambodia.

According to the Chinese Association in Cambodia, Chinese language schools have been mushrooming in recent years. Currently, there are 57 such schools with more than 40,000 students throughout Cambodia.

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