Handover of about 2 000 books that the Confucius Institute at University of Banja Luka received from the Headquarters of Confucius Institutes Hanban within the Ministry of Education of PR China was made on 8 October 2018.
The handover was made at the Faculty of Political Sciences at University of Banja Luka, where the premises of the Confucius Institute are located.
''The donation aims to further strengthen the cooperation of the Confucius Institute and the Faculty of Political Sciences at University of Banja Luka by enabling all the interested professors, associates and students to get familiar with the publications from China'', said Prof. Dr Goran Latinovic, Vice-Rector for Scientific Research and Development at University of Banja Luka during the handover of this valuable donation.
"This book donation by the Ministry of Education of PR China and the Headquarters of Confucius Institutes Hanban is very important for both the Confucius Institute and the University of Banja Luka, as it will enable the students to get additional literature with which they may learn more about Chinese culture, history and tradition", said Ljiljana Stevic, Director of Confucius Institute at University of Banja Luka, and emphasized that the books are mainly bilingual in Chinese and English language.
''The Confucius Institute at University of Banja Luka has also become the HSK test center, which is an international standardized proficiency test, and this donation contains, among other things, complete textbooks for all HSK test levels", said Ljiljana Stevic and added that the donation also contains a lot of educational and cultural materials.
The handover was also attended by Prof. Dr Zdravko Zlokapa, Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Assistant Professor Dusko Trninic, Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Political Sciences, and Cai Ying, Chinese Director of Confucius Institute at University of Banja Luka.
