Τhe launching ceremony for the Centre of Ancient Greek and Chinese Civilizations (Greek acronym: K.EL.KI.P.) which will take place on Monday, February 20th, 2023 between 15:00 and 15:45 at the Great Hall of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (main building, 30 Panepistimiou st).

The launching ceremony will be followed by the 1st working meeting of Greek and Chinese academics  which will be held between 16:15 and 18:30 (see programme here).

For the invitation click here.

The announcement on the website of events of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens 

The congratulatory letter from the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping

The chinese press on the opening ceremony 

Articles in the english-speaking press:

China Daily 22/2/2023 Xi lauds Sino-Greek civilization center

CGTN 21/2/2023 Xi-congratulates-Chinese-Greek-Ancient-Civilizations-Center

DG Today 3/3/2023 ​Cultural center to boost exchanges and mutual understanding

South China 3/3/2023 Center for Mutual Learning of Civilizations between China and Greece: President Xi Jinping wrote back to encourage us to build a bridge of cultural exchanges (in chinese)

Global Times 9/3/2023 Letters from Xi

Social media coverage of the opening ceremony:

Twitter https://twitter.com/thisisGBA/status/1631612132545658884?s=20

Facebook https://fb.watch/j1BK14WUcj/

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvS90H8zgo