A delegation of the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), headed by the Rector, paid an official visit to the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Thracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS). It was attended by Ke Jing, Director of the Balkan Studies Centre and Dean of the School of European Languages and Cultures, who presented the teaching of Balkan languages and cultures, Chen Ying, Director of the Confucius Institute in Bulgaria and a long-time Bulgarian language lecturer at BFSU, and other representatives of the university's management.

The guests congratulated the IBSCT-BAS on its 60th anniversary and on the 155th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. They discussed opportunities for scholarly exchanges between the two institutions and signed a memorandum of cooperation.