"Belt and Road" Symposium on Language, Culture and Trade between China- Türkiye

                   "Belt and Road" Symposium

on Language, Culture and Trade between China- Türkiye

 

 

Time: 15:00 – 19:30 (Beijing Time)

Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Location: Online (Zoom), simultaneous interpretation (Chinese and English)

Webinar ID: 984 7954 3958,  Passcode: 123456

Theme:

Experts and scholars from China and Türkiye in the fields of education, culture, and trade will discuss and exchange cooperation experiences and promote exchanges between the two countries.

Participants:

Representatives of Chinese and Turkish universities, Confucius Institutes and relevant institutions.

Host:

Cross Cultural Exchange and Research Institute, Nankai University,

Office of Confucius Institutes Affairs, Nankai University,

Confucius Institute at Yeditepe University, Türkiye

 

Agenda:

15:00 – 15:30  Opening ceremony

Chair:

Professor Yuelin Li, Director, Office of International Affairs, Nankai University

• Address by Mr. Qin Li, Minister Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in Türkiye

• Address by Ms. Cansu Körkem AKÇAY, Education Counselor, Turkish Embassy in China

• Address by Ms. Chunyan Huang, Vice Chair, Tianjin People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

• Address by Professor Lei Wang, Vice President of Nankai University

• Address by Professor Fatma Yesim Ekinci, Vice Rector of Yeditepe University

• Address by Professor Hong Chen, Former Executive Vice President of Nankai University, Dean of Cross Cultural Exchange and Research Institute, Nankai University

• Online group photo

 

15:30 – 16:00  Keynote I: History of Chinese language teaching in Türkiye

Speaker: Professor Okay Bülent, Sinologist and professor of Ankara University

 

16:00 – 16:45  Panel 1: Chinese language teaching in Türkiye

Chair: Huijing Zhang, Co-Director of Confucius Institute at Yeditepe University

Speakers:   

• Nana Wang, Co-Director of Confucius Institute at Okan University

• Fatma Ecem Ceylan, Head of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University

• Linlin Liu, Chinese teacher, China and Turkish Cultures Director at Dogus University

 

• Aykut Dal, Chinese teacher of Burdur University

• Palidan Ainiwaer, Chinese teacher of Fevzi Özbey Secondary School

 

16:45 – 16:50  Break (5 minutes)

 

16:50 – 17:20  Keynote II: Ancient art exchange between China and Türkiye

Speaker: Professor Bo Liu, Chinese National Academy of Arts

 

17:20 – 18:05  Panel 2: Cultural exchange between China and Türkiye

Chair: Ning Zhang, Deputy director, Office of International Affairs, Nankai University

Speakers:

• Giray Fidan, Sinologist and professor of Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University

• Lei Chuanyi, Chinese artist in Istanbul

• Tayfun Kalkan, Director of Turkish Yunus Emre Cultural Center (Beijing)

• Mei Li, Director of Public Relations Department of Tianjin Museum

 

18:05 -18:35   Keynote III: Trade in general between China and Türkiye

Speaker: Ling Deng, Chief representative of Tianjin Office, International Silk Road Trade and Cultural Association (Türkiye)

 

18:35 – 19:20  Panel 3: Economic and trade exchanges between China and Türkiye

Chair: Wenjia Li, Director of Liaison Office, Tianjin People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

Speakers:

• Yanquan Zhou, President of ÇİNSİAD in Türkiye & GM of TCC Türkiye Ankara Branch

• Kadir Karakurum , Deputy General Manager of ICBC Turkey Bank A.S.

• Chao Peng, Head of HR department, R&D Center of Huawei Türkiye

• Ahmet Faruk ISIK, coordinator for the Türkiye /Asia-Pacific Business Council in Istanbul of Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK)

 

19:20 – 19:30 Closing remarks

Speaker: Mr. Jian Wu, Acting Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in Istanbul

 

19:30 End

 

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