Chinese language teaching in Bulgaria began in the 1950s. Chinese has become the first foreign language in many primary and secondary schools in Bulgaria.
In November 2023, the renovation and unveiling ceremony of the "Chinese Classroom" of the Oriental Language and Culture Center of Sofia University was held. In 1991, the Teaching and Research Office of East Asian Languages and Cultures of the Center for Oriental Languages officially opened the joint master's degree program of "Chinese Language and Literature" At that time, there were only 5 students in the first "Chinese class". Today, a total of 5 universities in Bulgaria offer Chinese learning courses.