w88 casino News(Contributed by International Business Chinese Base)On May 13-14, local time, the Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban held the 2016 Latin American Confucius Institute Joint Conference in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico. More than 100 people including Chinese and foreign directors of Confucius Institutes in Latin American countries, representatives of universities and representatives of the Confucius Institute Headquarters attended. Vice President Zhao Zhongxiu was invited to attend the joint meeting as a representative of the Chinese university, and Jiang Shuqing, director of the International Project of the Business Chinese Base, accompanied him.
The opening ceremony of the conference will be held on the evening of May 13th. Wang Yongli, Deputy Director-General of the Confucius Institute Headquarters and Deputy Director of Hanban, delivered a keynote speech. He reviewed the twelve years of development of the Confucius Institute, summarized the problems and challenges encountered by the Confucius Institute in the development process, and expressed the hope that Chinese and foreign directors of Confucius Institutes in Latin America would use this meeting to share their respective good practices and work together for a glorious future for the Confucius Institute.
Raul Godoy, special representative of the Yucatan Governor and director of the Yucatan State Science and Technology Innovation Bureau, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. He pointed out that China has made great contributions to the world in both the economic and cultural fields; the Confucius Institute has provided the Mexican people with new opportunities and new channels to understand China and strengthen communication between China and Mexico. He hopes that cultural cooperation can become a new opportunity and a new starting point to promote all-round cooperation between the two sides in various fields such as economy, w88, and politics.
The opening ceremony of the dedicated venue for the Demonstration Confucius Institute at the Autonomous University of Yucatán was also held on the same day. The newly built 1,500-square-meter dedicated venue for the Confucius Institute was equipped with all kinds of teaching equipment, which left a deep impression on all parties involved.
On the morning of May 14th, the Latin American Confucius Institute Experience Exchange Meeting and Plenary Session were held. Ren Shifang, deputy director of the United States and University Affairs Division of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, presided over the plenary session. Representatives attending the meeting discussed two major topics, namely, effectively utilizing the functions of the Confucius Institute Latin America Center to create a regional Confucius Institute Alliance and Confucius Institute teacher management.
In the group forum held in the afternoon, representatives exchanged opinions on five topics including how to build a two-way cultural exchange platform function of the Confucius Institute, strengthen cooperation with Chinese-funded enterprises and local institutions, gather resources for the development of the Confucius Institute, improve the quality of Chinese teaching, and create Chinese academic education. Professor Zhao Zhongxiu, Vice President of w88 casino, was invited to chair the third group of forums and delivered a speech on the topic of "strengthening cooperation with Chinese-funded enterprises and local institutions." He pointed out that at present, the development of Confucius Institutes has risen from one-way cultural dissemination to two-way cultural exchanges. The existing Confucius Institute summer w88 casino and scholarship student system should be fully utilized to introduce foreign culture to China and promote cultural exchanges between different civilizations; Confucius Institutes have their own inherent characteristics in cultural dissemination. To solve the problem of insufficient localization experience, we must take the initiative to strengthen communication and exchanges between Confucius Institutes and local business groups; we hope that the center can give full play to its coordinating role, mobilize superior resources, assist Confucius Institutes in solving problems encountered in development, and form branch centers in certain regions to promote Confucius Institutes to play a greater role.
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