Organized by China Chinese Teaching in Foreign Countries(also called CCTFC), the fourth Confucius Institute Conference was held in Beijing National Conference Center between December 11 and 13, 2009.
Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee , State Councilor and Chairman of the Board of Confucius Institute Liu Yan Dong extended her congratulations on the opening of the conference and presented cordial greetings to teachers and staff of Confucius Institutes worldwide.
Member of standing committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee Li Chang Chun warmly met the 500 Presidents and representatives from 87 nations and regions who came to attend the conference. Chinese minister of Education Yuan Gui Ren presided over the opening ceremony.
Fuguihong’s rare works “Natural World” was chosen as gifts and awarded to the advanced Cofucius Institutes and the model workers from the Confucius Institutes outside China at the above Conference.
“Natural World” was created in 2004 and received national copyrights in the same year. It was chosen as state gifts for Foreign Ministry, the People’s Great Hall and the Expo between China and the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.
Confucius Institutes or Confucius Classrooms is a charitable organization to promote Chinese and dissemination of Chinese culture. Since the first Overseas Confucius Institute was built in 2004, Confucius Institutes’ development is very fast and fruitful. Its most important task is to provide the most formal and important channels of teaching and learning for the learners of Chinese from all over the world. Its headquarter lies in Beijing and all the Confucius Institutes in other countries are its branches run in the form of Sino-foreign cooporation. Until the end of November,2009, 282 Overseas Confucius Institutes and 272 Overseas Confucius Classrooms have been built, spreading in 88 nations and regions.
Confucius was the most famous representative figure of the traditional Chinese culture, therefore Confucius was selected as the top brand of Chinese teaching overseas marking the renaissance of the traditional Chinese culture.
In order to propoganda the Chinese culture,an authority called China Chinese Teaching in Foreign Countries was founded in 1987. Confucucis Institutes is supported by this authority.Confucius Institutes plays an important role in enhancing cultural and educational exchanges between China and countries in the world and in promoting the world to better understand the Chinese culture.
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