At 5:00 p.m. local time on May 19, 2014, the inauguration ceremony of the Confucius Institute at the University of Guyana (UG) was solemnly held in the Education Lecture Theatre of the University. Over 100 people from all sectors of society attended the ceremony, including President of Guyana Donald Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Minister of Culture Frank Anthony, Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin, Counsellor Ouyang Jun, President of Dalian University of Foreign Languages Sun Yuhua, UG Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi, diplomatic envoys of different countries to Guyana, representatives from Chinese-invested enterprises and UG’s faculty and students, overseas Chinese, journalists, international friends, etc.