On January 28, 2026 events marking new milestones in cooperation between KNU and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) took place at Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn (KNU). These events included a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement between KNU, CASS, and the CASS Institute of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, a briefing on the results of the 20th CPC Central Committee’s IV Plenum, an exhibition of research papers by leading Chinese scholars, a plenary session of the Kyrgyzstan-China Think Tank Dialogue, and the opening of the Book House of Works by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping.
Before the events, Cooperation Agreements were signed in the Rector’s Office meeting hall between KNU, CASS, and the CASS Institute of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.
Participants then visited the Exhibition of Scientific Works by Leading Chinese Scientists, organized in the second-floor foyer.
Furthermore, a briefing on the results of the Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in the large assembly hall of the main building. Professor Dogdurbek Chontoev, Rector of KNU, moderated the meeting. Welcoming remarks were made by Arslan Koychiev, Secretary of State of the Kyrgyz Republic; Karim Khanjeza, Deputy Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh; Gao Xiang, President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Liu Jiangping, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Kyrgyz Republic; and Gulzat Isamatova, Minister of Science, Higher Education, and Innovation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The plenary session of the Dialogue of Think Tanks of Kyrgyzstan and China, «Joint Development and Modernization,» was also held here.
The events concluded with the opening ceremony of the «Book House of Works of General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping» in room 145 of the main building.