{"id":7945,"date":"2025-09-25T09:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/seeds-of-friendship\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:36:02","slug":"seeds-of-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/seeds-of-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeds of friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure contenteditable=\"false\"><figcaption>\n   Milagrosa Ada Micha Abeso, an Equatorial Guinean journalist, dances with children at the China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Primary School in Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai autonomous county, Southwest China&rsquo;s Yunnan province, on Sept 9. PENG YIKAI\/XINHUA<br>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a calligraphy class, He Chenxi, a student from the China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Primary School, carefully penned the phrase, &ldquo;The friendship between our two countries is as deep as a mighty river&rdquo;, voicing his hope that this relationship would endure as steadfastly as the Jinzi River that flows through Jinping county.<\/p>\n<p>The Jinzi River is a beloved and familiar landmark for local children. In the classroom, some children dressed in traditional costumes performed while singing a melodious song about the Jinzi River for their peers from Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>At present, more than 2,000 students from 16 ethnic groups are studying at the primary school, where symbols of China-Equatorial Guinea friendship are prominent. Decorations highlight Equatorial Guinea&rsquo;s geography, customs and goods, while the exhibition room showcases students&rsquo; artworks, celebrating the bond between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2015, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo announced to donate the China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Primary School to Jinping county in Southwest China&rsquo;s Yunnan province as a gesture of goodwill and solidarity with the Chinese people.<\/p>\n<p>The construction of the school was completed in 2016, and it has since stood as a testament to the enduring friendship between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The children found themselves in spacious and bright classrooms within a five-story building, and the once muddy hillside was transformed into a well-built playground,&rdquo; said Ran Hongyan, the school&rsquo;s principal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Ran said the school has a room for showcasing children&rsquo;s photographs, and crafts and paintings about the friendship between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our teachers would tell us about the history and friendship between our school and Equatorial Guinea,&rdquo; said Ma Ziyi, a student.<\/p>\n<p>Since establishing diplomatic relations over half a century ago, China and Equatorial Guinea have maintained cooperation and exchanges in various fields, yielding noticeable outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Equatorial Guinea and China have established diplomatic ties for over half a century, supporting each other through ups and downs,&rdquo; said Jose Antonio Nguema Owono, a student of the Confucius Institute at the National University of Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>He said China&rsquo;s assistance in building the Djibloho Hydropower Station, the Port of Bata, and the donation of COVID-19 vaccines have all been well received by the local residents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Primary School was funded by our government, while key projects such as the Nkue-Mongomo Road here were supported by Chinese companies,&rdquo; said another student Jose Luis Mitogo Eyen Eyene.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;I believe the bridge of cultural exchange between the two countries will become wider &hellip;bringing the hearts of the people closer together,&rdquo; said Fernando Garcia, the Equatorial Guinean director of the Confucius Institute at the National University of Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Talent is the future,&rdquo; Obiang told Xinhua in an interview, expressing his satisfaction over the children&rsquo;s education and the facilities at the school. &ldquo;In this regard, we share a profound consensus with China, and that is precisely why we donated this elementary school.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Xinhua<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Seeds of friendship<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milagrosa Ada Micha Abeso, an Equatorial Guinean journalist, dances with children at the China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Primary School in Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai autonomous county, Southwest China&rsquo;s Yunnan province, on Sept 9. PENG YIKAI\/XINHUA In a calligraphy class, He Chenxi, a student from the China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Primary School, carefully penned the phrase, &ldquo;The&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/seeds-of-friendship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Seeds of friendship&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}