The "China-Poland Cultural Exchange Contribution Award" was conferred on Jean GONG, Chinese Dean of the Opole Confucius Institute of BJUT, by the Silesia Branch of the China-Poland Friendship Association on its 15th anniversary. The honor is a recognition of the BJUT Opole Confucius Institute's fruitful work in China-Poland cultural exchanges.

Since its establishment in 2008, the Opole Confucius Institute of BJUT has been committed to promoting cultural exchanges and cooperation in higher education between China and Poland, and exploring the mechanism of Chinese language teaching and Chinese cultural communication. It has gradually developed into a center of Chinese language education and cultural communication and exchanges in Poland.

In February 2019, the Opole Confucius Institute of BJUT was approved to set up three Confucius Classrooms at the University of Silesia, Silesia University of Technology, and Bialystok University of Technology. With the three Confucius Classrooms, the Opole Confucius Institute has formed a collaborative, innovation-driven development model of educational output, making outstanding contributions to the cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Based on the Confucius Institute, BJUT and related universities initiated the "Belt and Road" Sino-Polish University Consortium in March 2017. Under the consortium's  cooperation framework, a number of activities have been carried out, international academic seminar series, student exchange groups and art design competitions. These activities have promoted the mutual cultural respect, learning and communication between China and Poland, and the construction of a "Belt and Road" educational community.

The China-Poland Friendship Association was founded in Warsaw in May 1958 with four branches in Poland. To further enhance mutual understanding between the people of China and Poland, the association organizes more than 30 activities linked to the cultures of China and Poland, and popular science each year. The association is playing an increasingly important role in exchanges between the two countries in many fields.