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2020-11-26 00:03

Since 2007, the following Chinese cultural groups have visited and performed in Liberia: China Art Group (2007), Chinese Martial Arts Center Delegation (December 2009), Beijing Jiaotong University Student Art Troupe (February 2011) , Xiamen University Student Art Troupe (February 2012), Zhejiang International Studies University Art Troupe (February 2016), Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Art Troupe (November 2018).

In September 2008, the Liberian cultural delegation went to Shenzhen to participate in the "2008 African Culture Focus". In August 2010, the Liberian National Art Troupe went to China to participate in the Liberia National Pavilion Day at the Shanghai World Expo. In October 2010, the Liberian Youth Olympic delegation visited China, and the Liberian Martial Arts Association delegation went to China to participate in the Martial Arts Festival.

Under the framework of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the Chinese Government has been strengthening its cooperation with Liberia in human resources development. Since 2003, more than 1600 young Liberian scholars, officials, farmers, technicians and people from all walks of life attended and benefited from the short-term training courses in China.

China began accepting Liberian scholarship international students in 1986. Hundreds of Liberian students received full scholarships from the Chinese government and studied in China. Some of these graduates have become pioneers and leaders in all walks of life in Liberia, and have contributed to the economic and social development of Liberia. In 2019, there were 1,423 Liberia students studying in China.

In September 2008, China established and opened its Confucius Institute at the University of Liberia. In April 2017, the Confucius Institute at the University of Liberia officially opened its Chinese-teaching classes in some Liberian primary and secondary schools.

Since July 1984, China has sent 13 batches of medical teams to Liberia with a total of 132 person-times to provide medical and health services to the people of Liberia. When the Ebola epidemic broke out in Liberia in 2014, the Chinese government provided four rounds of humanitarian assistance such as anti-epidemic supplies, food, and cash to Liberia, dispatched public health experts to train local medical staff, and built an Ebola treatment center in Liberia. Hundreds of medical staff were also dispatched to participate in the management and operation of the center. In May 2015, after the WHO announced the end of the Eebola epidemic in Liberia, China handed over the treatment center to Liberia. When the Covid-19 epidemic hit Liberia in 2020, the Chinese government took the lead to provide emergency medical supplies to Liberia in three batches, has commenced the paired-hospital cooperation with the JFK Hospital and is engaging the second round aid of food and nutrition for Liberia.


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