Confucius Institute opened in San Marino

China and San Marino opened a Confucius Institute here on Sunday in a bid for bilateral cooperation on education.

2015年3月29日（周日），中国与圣马力诺合作创办的孔子学院在圣马力诺正式揭牌，方便两国展开双边教育合作。

The institute is to be managed by both the University of San Marino and Beijing City University, which specially offers instruction in Chinese medicine and treatment.

该孔子学院由圣马力诺大学和北京城市学院共同创办。双方将在中医和中医治疗方面展开合作。

At the opening ceremony, Li Ruiyu, the Chinese ambassador to Italy and San Marino, said the Confucius Institute was established under a memorandum of understanding signed by China and San Marino in November 2013.

中国驻意大利和圣马力诺大使李瑞宇在揭牌仪式上称：“孔子学院是继中国与圣马力诺2013年11月签署谅解备忘录后成立的”。

The ambassador said the two universities wanted to set up a Confucius Institute characteristically for the combined study of the Chinese language, cultural exchange, and teaching and researching on Chinese medicine and treatment, in order to open a new chapter of educational cooperation between China and San Marino.

孔子学院成立后，双方将在汉语语言与中国文化交流与教学、中医研究和中医治疗等领域展开合作。

The Confucius Institute in San Marino will arrange various courses for learning Chinese and will open the first overseas museum of Chinese medicine, Beijing City University dean Liu Lin said, adding the institute would allow people to reap the benefits of traditional Chinese culture and medical culture in particular.

圣马力诺孔子学院将设置多样化的中文课程，并将开办第一个海外中医博物馆。

The institute will also organize different activities around Chinese culture in an effort to help people of San Marino better understand China, the dean added.

此外，孔子学院还将举行丰富的中国文化活动，帮助圣马力诺人民更好地了解中国。

The Confucius Institute, under the University of San Marino, is the first of its kind in southern Europe which has set up courses for Chinese medicine and treatment, and Chinese culture. It is also the first one set up in cooperation between China's privately-run vocational college and a foreign university.

孔子学院，隶属圣马力诺大学，是南欧第一个开设中医、中医治疗和中国文化课程的大学，也是第一次由中国民办职校和国外大学合作创办的院校。

An enclave state surrounded by Italy, San Marino is one of the oldest republics in Europe. Its territory covers 61.2 square km and the population is little more than 30,000. The official language is Italian.

圣马力诺位于意大利境内，是欧洲最古老的共和国之一。其国土面积为61.2平方公里，人口略多于3万，官方语言是意大利语。