KARACHI: “International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi (UoK) is going to conduct the successive online course entitled, “Basic Chinese Language Program-IV” from September 13. The course is being jointly organised by the Virtual Education Project Pakistan (VEPP) and the Chinese language experts at the Confucius Institute of Chinese Language, University of Karachi. Director ICCBS-University of Karachi Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary stated this while presiding over a meeting held at HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry – UoK here on Wednesday. He said that the course would start from September 13, 2016 for a period of four months. The course will be transmitted through Video Conferencing facility at the L.E.J. National Science Information Center, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi and by Webinar technology, he adds. The language programme aims to convey a comprehensive picture of China by providing information on their cultural, social and political life, and contribute to the academic and professional requirements of their disciplines and excel in their careers, he said. We have successfully conducted nationwide consecutive ‘Basic Chinese Language Courses (I, II, and III)’ twice a year in 2014, 2015 and in 2016 in collaboration with the Chinese Language experts at the Confucius Institutes in Karachi and Islamabad, he said and added that more than 150 students had successfully attended and received the certificates of this course.