"I have met with many Chinese officials who are very keen to cooperate," Moghith said, adding that "we should translate more Chinese works because Egyptians really need to know more about China and its culture with a history of thousands of years."

One of the most prominent features of the culture year was the naming of China as the guest of honor of the 38th Cairo International Film Festival in November.

"The Chinese delegation brought a reviewing week of Chinese movies, including 16 Chinese movies, and also held a seminar," Chen highlighted.

Chen added that the culture year founded the sodality of the sinologists and translators of the Arab world in Cairo, aiming to collect and support the sinology and Chinese-Arabic translation in Egypt and Middle East region.

As the new year comes, the 2016 Chinese-Egyptian Culture Year will end with a great closing ceremony which will be held on Jan 7 in China.

"Now we have signed cooperation contracts with five Egyptian organizations and we also have cooperative relations with over 30 Egyptian organizations," Chen said proudly. "Next year will be another year of fruitful achievements."