China Week in Tambov has kicked off at Derzhavin University. For the third time, it is being held by the University, the regional branch of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (RCFS), and the Tambov Center for Cooperation with Asian Countries "White Elephant." The week is dedicated to the Year of Russian-Chinese Culture and the 80th anniversary of Victory Day.
China Week began with an official reception by the university's rector, Pavel Moiseev, for a delegation from Jiangsu Province. A ceremonial meeting was then held to mark the opening of the week.
Participants can look forward to a busy program. The academic program will feature lectures by Russian sinologists Oleg Timofeev (RUDN University) and Alla Verchenko (ICSA RAS, member of the Central Board of the ORCD), as well as Chinese scholars and cultural figures including Cheng Cheng, a lecturer at Anshan Normal University; Sun Jiawen, Dean of the Faculty of Philology at the Binhai Institute of Foreign Affairs at Tianjin Foreign Studies University; and Cai Huiying, a lecturer at Anshan Normal University.
The economic program included a roundtable discussion on "New Prospects for Cooperation between Chinese and Russian Enterprises" for industrialists and entrepreneurs from the Tambov Region. The event featured a Chinese delegation led by Chen Jiangtao, President of the China Guangcai International Investment Group and Director of China-Guangcai-SCO. The Chinese delegation will also visit a company in the Tambov Region. The economic program will be concluded with an official meeting between the Jiangsu Provincial business mission and the leadership of the Tambov Region.
The cultural program includes the opening of a children's drawing exhibition, a master class by renowned Chinese calligrapher Professor Qiming for students of V.D. Polenov Children's Art School No. 2, a concert by the Derzhavin University jazz orchestra, the opening of an exhibition of children's drawings by Chinese and Tambov schoolchildren, and a master class by renowned Chinese calligrapher Professor Qiming.
- China Week in Tambov is the largest international humanitarian project in the Tambov Region. Its goal is to promote the development of multilateral cooperation with organizations of the People's Republic of China in education, economics, culture, art, tourism, and the public sector. Currently, the University has the largest number of foreign partners from China: 26 organizations with 33 agreements. China Week once again confirms the special, strategic nature of Derzhavin University's cooperation with its Chinese partners. We intend to strengthen this direction, as 2026-2027 were recently declared by our leaders, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, to be the cross-years of education in Russia and China, noted Pavel Moiseev, rector of Derzhavin University and chairman of the Tambov Regional Branch of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society.
