Brac University hosts Chinese Culture Day 2026
Brac University hosted Chinese Culture Day 2026 at its Merul Badda campus in Dhaka on Thursday, 3 September 2026, with performances and artistic expressions celebrating Chinese language and culture.
The Brac Institute of Languages (BIL), in collaboration with the Brac University Communication and Language Club, organised the event to foster intercultural dialogue, strengthen global connections, and showcase the diversity of the university's academic community, according to a press release.
Cultural Counsellor at the Embassy of China in Bangladesh Li Shaopeng attended the event as a guest after Brac University invited him.
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He said the celebration was a vivid testament to the shared effort to deepen mutual understanding and jointly advance a China-Bangladesh community with a shared future.
Brac University Vice-Chancellor Professor Syed Ferhat Anwar said academic exchanges between Bangladesh and China date back nearly 1,000 years, to the visit of Bengali Buddhist teacher and leader Atish Dipankar Srigyan to China in 1042 AD.
He said Brac University also had ties with China, as its Merul Badda campus was built through a joint venture between the Chinese state-owned Beijing Urban Construction Group and Bangladeshi contractor Associated Builders Corporation Ltd.
Professor Syed Ferhat Anwar said Brac University and China were connected through a journey they had already begun together and intended to pursue further for the wellbeing of Bangladesh, its people, and the wider world.
Brac University Treasurer Ariful Islam said the university and Anhui Normal University in China had decided to establish a Bangladesh-China Centre for Language, Culture and Research at Brac University following recent visits and the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
"At the same time, we will also establish a Bangladesh Culture Cell at Anhui Normal University, based on our mutual vision of equity and reciprocity," he added.
Adviser to BIL Lady Syeda Sarwat Abed said seven native and five non-native teachers had helped advance Chinese language education at Brac University.
Their efforts had enabled around 4,000 students to complete graduate credit courses and another 2,000 to complete certificate courses, she said.
Students and a faculty member performed Chinese songs and dances in traditional attire, and the programme also featured demonstrations of tai chi and the guzheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument.
BIL Director Professor Shaila Sultana delivered the vote of thanks.
Registrar of Brac University Dr David Dowland, Second Secretary of the Cultural Section of the Chinese Embassy Huang Moucong, Third Secretary Xia Daojing, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Dhaka Yang Hui, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at North South University Ma Xiaoyan, and Director of the Office of Communications Khairul Basher also attended the event.
Brac University said the programme reaffirmed its commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 4 on quality education and SDG 17 on partnerships for the goals.
