On August 3rd, Ambassador Wang Wenli attended the 2025 "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship" award ceremony at the  Institute of Business (IOB) and presented certificates to 20 award-winning students. Vice Rector Dr. Mateus Ximenes of IOB, other school leaders, teachers from Confucius classroom, scholarship winners and their parents, participated in the event.

Ambassador Wang praised the IOB for its strong support over the past three years in establishing Confucius Classroom, organizing various cultural activities and promoting Chinese culture. Ambassador affirmed IOB’s positive role in promoting educational and cultural exchanges between the China and Timor-Leste and expanding employment opportunities for Timorese youth. Ambassador Wang reaffirmed President Xi Jinping's concept of building a community with a shared future for humanity. President Xi emphasized that all countries should seek peace through dialogue and development through cooperation. During President Ramos-Horta’s state visit to China, the two sides issued the Joint Statement to push bilateral relations toward building a community with a shared future. It is hoped that the students of the IOB would live up to the expectations of the leaders of both countries, study diligently, work hard, and contribute to the continuation of the traditional friendship between the two countries.

Vice Rector Dr. Mateus Ximenes expressed his gratitude to the Chinese Embassy for the strong support to the development of IOB in recent years, especially for providing the "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship" for four consecutive years, with the number of recipients increasing year by year. It is hoped that the award-winning students would translate this honor into a sense of responsibility and strive to grow into young talents serving the country and promoting friendship between China and Timor-Leste.