(Source: "Global Times" 2024-06-04)
On May 30, China and the United Arab Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in Chinese education. This is another important measure taken by the two sides to further strengthen educational cooperation and deepen the China-UAE community with a shared future after the UAE incorporated Chinese into the national education system in 2019.
w88 login Chinese language education can be traced back to the Chinese language specialization class for Eastern European exchange students established by Tsinghua University in 1950. As of June 2023, there are approximately 180 countries and more than 80,000 educational institutions offering Chinese courses around the world, and there are nearly 200 million non-native speakers around the world learning and using Chinese. w88 login Chinese education is not only a teaching platform for overseas students and a carrier to improve the quality of the country's opening-up, but also a bridge for exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations. It is of great significance to the realization of global civilization initiatives and an indispensable contribution to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
International Chinese education deepens international education cooperation. Through this starting point, countries actively engage in educational exchanges and cooperation, share educational resources, and improve teaching quality, which not only deepens relations between countries, but also provides assistance to local development. For example, in Malawi, Africa, the University of Malawi has compiled Chinese and Chichiwa teaching materials and regularly holds exchange forums to bring together African scholars who study China; since 2019, the number of schools offering Chinese courses in the UAE has increased to 171, with 71,000 students learning Chinese, covering different stages from kindergarten to university. Not only that, relevant institutions are also organizing "Chinese + Vocational Education" on a global scale, such as "Luban Workshop" and "China-Indonesia Vocational Education Industry-Education Alliance". Today, 19 Chinese workshops have been established in 14 overseas countries, providing "Chinese+" vocational courses in economics, w88, tourism, logistics and other fields. While deepening international educational cooperation, it has also helped locals form a high-level labor resource reserve.
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w88 login Chinese education enhances exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. Civilizations are colorful due to exchanges and enriched due to mutual learning. Throughout the history of mankind, different civilizations have been inclusive and learned from each other, providing a strong impetus for the world to achieve common development. President Xi Jinping once emphasized in a reply letter to representatives of Chinese learners in Saudi Arabia: "Learning each other's language and understanding each other's history and culture will help promote mutual understanding and mutual understanding between the two peoples, and will also contribute to building a community with a shared future for mankind." In addition to spreading Chinese culture, w88 login Chinese education also provides a showcase platform for the cultures of various countries. This two-way cultural exchange has shortened the distance between people of various countries and promoted the harmonious development of human civilization. For example, 120,000 people in China are learning Russian, and 113,000 people are learning Chinese in Russia. In 2023, there were 59,000 Chinese students studying in Russia, ranking third among foreign students in Russian universities, and 12,800 Russian students studying in China, ranking first among European countries of origin. w88 login Chinese language education is building a bridge of dialogue, allowing the world to understand China through this window, and also allowing China to deepen its understanding of various civilizations and exchange and learn from each other.
Exploring the contemporary value of each country’s history and culture and promoting the creative transformation and development of each country’s excellent traditional culture in the process of modernization are important directions emphasized by the Global Civilization Initiative. In this regard, w88 login Chinese education is also actively adapting to new media and new technologies to promote the inheritance and innovation of civilization, including Chinese cloud service teaching platform, "Online Chinese Classroom", "Chinese Smart Classroom", "w88 login Chinese Day" related activities and other projects, all of which have achieved good response. In the future, with the development of new productive forces, w88 login Chinese education will receive further model innovation under the "artificial intelligence +" action. For example, online teaching systems based on deep learning, AI accompanying readings to assist pronunciation and listening, and AI-customized targeted cross-cultural communication strategies, etc., on the basis of respecting the differences between different civilizations, provide efficient and personalized services to w88 login Chinese learners, bringing an advanced experience, thereby better promoting the popularization of w88 login Chinese education around the world, and achieving common ground while reserving differences and exchanges and mutual learning.
(The author is a researcher at the National Institute for Opening up to the Outside World, a professor at the w88 casino of International Relations, and the director of the Public Diplomacy and International Communication Research Center at the w88 casino)
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