Recently, an agreement was signed between the Saudi and Chinese Ministers of Education to teach Chinese language to Saudi students, after which Saudi Arabia has started Islamic lessons in Chinese as well as other major languages of the world in Masjid al-Haram. Saleh al-Rashidi, director of the General Presidency Department, said that Islamic lessons are now available in 14 languages: English, Urdu, French, Hausa, Turkish, Malay, Indonesian, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Persian, Russian, Borneo and Chinese. The translation department of the General Presidency of Masjid al-Haram and Masjid an-Nabawi has done it.
He said that the aim of the project is to help non-Arabic speakers who attend these classes at Masjid al-Haram. It should be noted that according to foreign media reports, the purpose of teaching Chinese language in educational institutions of Saudi Arabia, including Masjid al-Haram, is to strengthen the importance of China and the ongoing relations between the two countries in the future so that the two countries can help each other in the future. To able to make full use of economic strength and investment opportunity. It should be noted that on the one hand, Saudi Arabia is China’s largest trade partner in West Asian and African countries, while China is the largest buyer of Saudi oil.
Recently, a large number of Chinese investment companies have shown interest in Saudi Arabia. After which, Saudi Arabia will allow Chinese students to study in the country for the awareness of Chinese culture and culture and to ensure the awareness of Chinese language in Saudi Arabia to achieve the goals of Vision 2030.
Editor: Raja Kamran