Suzhou helps to build China Cultural Center in Budapest, Hungary

Vice Minister of Culture Ding Wei and Mayor of Suzhou Qu Futian signed the agreement on construction and operation of China Cultural Center in Budapest on March 14 in Beijing. [Photo/culturalink.gov.cn]

Minister of Culture Luo Shugang met Zhou Naixiang, Secretary of Suzhou Municipal Committee, on March 14 in Beijing. The two sides have reached an agreement that the China Cultural Center in Budapest will be a joint project operated by both the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Suzhou.

Under an intergovernmental cultural agreement signed in 2013, China will open a cultural center in Budapest and Hungary will also open one in Beijing. The cultural center will be an effective tool in promoting cultural ties between the two countries.

In recent years, to accelerate the construction of China Cultural Centers, the Ministry of Culture has cooperated with provincial governments. In 2015, the China Cultural Center in Brussels which is operated by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Shanghai was opened to the public.

The China Cultural Center focuses on the promotion of Chinese culture in the spirit of “Quality, Popularity, Friendship and Cooperation”. It creates international opportunities to bring people together and to encourage exchanges in terms of politics, economy, society and ideas.