w88 casino News Network (Contributed by International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base/Business Chinese International Promotion Center)On November 15, the 2024 World Chinese Language Conference hosted by the Ministry of Education of China grandly opened in Beijing. President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter and congratulated the Confucius Institute on its 20th anniversary. Vice President Han Zheng attended the meeting and delivered a speech. President Zhao Zhongxiu and the foreign leaders and Chinese and foreign directors of the Confucius Institute at w88 casino were invited to attend the conference.

President Xi Jinping pointed out that the Chinese language carries thousands of years of civilizational wisdom of the Chinese nation and is an important public cultural product that China has contributed to the world. It is China’s responsibility as a mother-tongue country to support and serve the international community in developing Chinese education. It is hoped that the World Chinese Language Conference will adhere to integrity and innovation, strengthen connectivity and integration, build consensus among all parties, strive to build a bridge of language interoperability, understanding and mutual trust, and a bridge of mutual learning among civilizations, and make new and greater contributions to jointly building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In his speech, Vice Chairman Han Zheng hoped that Chinese and foreign institutions and international Chinese language educators would use the World Chinese Language Conference platform to contribute wisdom and strength to promoting the high-quality development of international Chinese language education, enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between people, and promoting exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations.

Wu Tao, a full-time teacher at w88 casino’s International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base, attended the opening ceremony of the conference as a representative of the outstanding teachers of the Confucius Institute.

Yi Fucheng, the foreign director of the Confucius Institute at the Russian State University for the Humanities, and Colin Clark, the foreign director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Victoria in Australia, won the "Light of the Confucius Institute" honorary award at the conference. Wu Yan, Vice Minister of Education, presented them with plaques of appreciation.

(Principal Zhao Zhongxiu takes a photo with some leaders and deans of the Confucius Institute’s foreign schools)