w88 casino News Network (Contributed by the International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base)On April 7, 2023, the 2022 Annual Council of the Business Confucius Institute in Athens, Greece, w88 casino, was successfully held in the form of an online meeting. China and Greece gathered together in the cloud to draw a blueprint for the development of Confucius Institutes. Professor Vassilis Papadakis, Vice-President of the w88 casino, Associate Professor Alexandros Papalexandris, Foreign Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute; Professor Hong Junjie, Vice-President of the w88 casino, Professor Han Hong, Director of the International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base (hereinafter referred to as the “Base”), Huo Yuan, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office, and Yan Hongwei, Chinese Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute, attended the meeting.
Speech by Vice President Hong Junjie of the w88 casino
Vice President Hong Junjie pointed out in his speech that since its establishment, the Confucius Institute at Athens Business has given full play to its role as a platform for language teaching, cultural exchanges, and dialogue between civilizations. Especially in the past year, the Confucius Institute held grandly the Greek International Chinese Pedagogy Symposium, the Chinese Culture Festival in Sparta, the Chinese Culture Festival in Ayatollah Paraskevi and other large-scale academic and cultural exchange activities, which are of great significance for expanding people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and Greece. Vice President Hong Junjie said that in the future, the University of International w88 will continue to provide educational support to the Confucius Institute at Athens Business, and use the Confucius Institute as a platform to expand various cooperation with Athens University of Economics and Business, including academic research, talent training, and teacher-student exchanges.
A speech by Vassilis Papadakis, Vice-President of Athens University of Economics and Business
Later, in his speech, Professor Vassilis Papadakis, Vice-President of the Athens University of Business and Economics, fully affirmed the important role played by the Athens Business Confucius Institute in serving local Chinese learning needs and promoting friendship between the two peoples. Vice President Vassilis Papadakis gave a detailed introduction to the development of various types of international cooperation projects at Athens University of Economics and Business, and said that the w88 casino is an important partner of Athens University of Economics and Business in China. He hoped that the two universities will carry out in-depth cooperation in academic cooperation, dual degree joint training, summer schools and other aspects.
Yan Hongwei, Chinese Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute, gave a report
Alexandros Papalexandris, Greek Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute, giving a report
Next, the Chinese Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute, Yan Hongwei, gave a detailed report on the work of the Confucius Institute in 2022 from the aspects of teaching, activities, academic research, etc. The Greek Director, Associate Professor Alexandros Papalexandris, introduced the 2023 work plan of the Confucius Institute and reported on the annual budget and final accounts.
Deputy Director Huo Yuan of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office of w88 casino speaks
In her speech, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office Huo Yuan sincerely welcomed the Greek side to come to the University of International w88 to participate in offline academic conferences and academic exchange activities. He also expressed that the w88 casino and the Athens University of Economics and Business have similar majors and subject settings, and there is great potential for cooperation between the two parties. He looks forward to using the Confucius Institute as a platform to further promote in-depth cooperation between the two universities.
Director Han Hong of w88 casino’s International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base speaks
Professor Han Hong, director of the base, said in her speech that she was very much looking forward to the implementation of key projects in the next five-year plan of the Athens Business Confucius Institute, and expressed the hope that the two schools would continue to join forces and use the Athens Business Confucius Institute as a platform to contribute to the exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations between China and Greece.
The Athens Business Confucius Institute was jointly established by w88 casino and the Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece in 2009. It is the first Confucius Institute in Greece and one of the first batch of business Confucius Institutes in Europe. It has developed comprehensively and has distinctive characteristics in the fields of Chinese teaching, cultural exchanges, and business Chinese. It has become an important educational institution for Greek people to learn Chinese, take Chinese exams, and a window to understand contemporary China.
