On 20 October 2026, the President of the University of Carthage, Professor Nadia Mzoughi Aguir, welcomed a Chinese delegation led by Ms. Liu Fengguang, Vice President of Dalian University of Foreign Languages, on the occasion of the First China–Africa Forum and the Second China–Tunisia Forum on People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges, held on 20–21 October at the Confucius Institute, hosted by the Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis.

During the opening ceremony, the President highlighted the University’s strategic partnerships with leading Chinese universities, including Hubei University of Technology, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Language and Culture University, the University of International Business and Economics, and Harbin Institute of Technology.

She also emphasised the achievements of this cooperation in academic exchanges, student mobility and joint events, highlighting the pioneering role of the Confucius Institute, established on 10 April 2019 as the first of its kind in Tunisia, in promoting Chinese language learning, cultural exchange, training and academic research.