On November 16, 2011, Confucius Institute at Kathmandu University(CIKU) held the Ceremony of Donating Book to Kathmandu University, through which, there are over a thousand Chinese books were donated. H. E. Chinese Ambassador Yang Houlan to Nepal, Prof. Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma, Vice Chancellor of KU, Prof. Dr. Bhadra Man Tuladhar, Registrar of KU, Prof. Bao Deyuan, Director of Confucius Institute along with some teachers and students in KU, CIKU, attended the book-donating function.

The function was hosted by Prof. Bao Deyuan, Director ofConfucius Institute. H. E. Ambassador Yang Houlan addressed in his speech that the friendship between China and Nepal comes from culture exchanges. Owing to the mutual support and mutual help since the establishment of diplomatic relations of the two countries, the bilateral relations keep developing smoothly and healthily, among which, educational cooperation is an essential part. He is very pleased to see that more and more Nepali friends choose to learn Chinese language and culture and hopes the books donated today will be helpful for the readers to know better about China.

On behalf of the KU teachers and students, Prof. Dr. Sharma, Vice Chancellor of KU expressed his gratitude. He said that the friendly cultural exchanges between China and Nepal have a long history and huge potential. China, once an ancient civilization, however, a fast developing country nowadays, is worthy to be learned by Nepali people, especially the youth. He believes the students will know more about China and do great contribution to enhancing the friendship and cooperation between the two countries with the help of these books.

H. E. Ambassador Mr. Yang and Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Sharma also discussed about expanding academic exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese and Nepali universities. Moreover, Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Sharma showed H. E. Ambassador Yang around the Kathmandu University in Dhulikhel.