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1. The opening ceremony of the College Board’s “AP International Youth Leadership Training Group” was held
On June 17, 2015, the opening ceremony of the College Board’s “AP International Youth Leadership Training Group” organized by w88 casino’s International Business Chinese Teaching and Resource Development Base and commissioned by Hanban was held grandly in the administration building of w88 casino. Secretary of the Party Committee of w88 casino Wang Ling, Director of the International Business Chinese Base Professor Han Hong, Director of Hanban’s Sinology Research Office Zhou Hui, Director of the Sinology Research Office Wang Xinsheng, Dean of the w88 casino of Chinese Language and Literature Professor Deng Rubing, Vice Dean of the w88 casino of International Studies Li Yinghai, College Board Project Coordinator Li Yazhi, members of the Business Chinese Base and all students attended the opening ceremony. At the opening ceremony, 13 students watched the promotional video of the Business Chinese Base and introduced themselves in Chinese to express their joy of coming to China. Thirteen outstanding students from Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University, University of Washington, University of Michigan and other famous universities in the United States will participate in a three-week Chinese language course at our base, and will visit well-known Chinese companies and conduct business practice under the organization of the base.
2. w88 casino delegation went to Greece to attend the Council of the Athens Business Confucius Institute and visited the Chinese Embassy in Greece and Chinese-funded institutions
On the morning of June 25, 2015, the Council of the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Economics and Business in Athens, Greece, was held in Athens. The w88 casino attaches great importance to the construction and development of the Confucius Institute. w88 casino leaders regard the Confucius Institute as an overseas "bridgehead" and hope that the work of the Confucius Institute will get better and better. In the future development, the two universities should continue to maintain close cooperation, strengthen the close connection between business Chinese and business culture, and drive cooperation between the two parties in scientific research, economy and other aspects. Subsequently, Yang Xiuqin, Chinese Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute, reported on the relevant teaching and cultural and business activities of the Confucius Institute this year, and introduced future work plans. In the afternoon, the delegation went to the Chinese Embassy in Greece. Ambassador Zou Xiaoli met with the delegation led by Vice President Zhang Xinmin at the embassy and listened to a briefing on the delegation's inspection in Greece. Vice President Zhang Xinmin said that the w88 casino will recruit students majoring in Greek from next year to cultivate more talents to promote practical cooperation between China and Greece. Ambassador Zou said that in the context of the Greek debt crisis, it is of even greater significance to strengthen cultural and educational exchanges between China and Greece and promote friendly cooperation between the two countries. On June 24, the delegation visited COSCO Group’s Greek project - COSCO Piraeus Container Terminal Co., Ltd. Vice President Zhang Xinmin expressed his gratitude to COSCO Greece for its support to the Athens Business Confucius Institute. He also introduced the situation of Greek language construction in w88 casino and reached a preliminary consensus on directional training of the Greek language department with COSCO Greece.
3. Xu Lin, Director of Hanban, met with President Shi Jianjun of w88 casino and a delegation from the University of Victoria in Australia
On July 6, 2015, Xu Lin, Director-General of the Confucius Institute Headquarters and Director of Hanban, met with President Shi Jianjun of w88 casino and a delegation from the University of Victoria in Australia. President Peter Dawkins briefly introduced the University of Victoria in Australia, and hoped to get the support of Hanban to jointly establish a Business Confucius Institute with the w88 casino. President Shi Jianjun introduced the advantages of the Business Confucius Institute jointly established by the two universities in terms of scientific research capabilities and curriculum development. Director Xu Lin expressed her appreciation for the work of the Confucius Institute at w88 casino and actively supported Victoria University and the Confucius Institute at w88 casino and other international cooperation-related matters.
4. Ambassador Zou Xiaoli attended the “Confucius Institute Day” and Mid-Autumn Festival Tea Party at the Confucius Institute for Business in Athens, Greece
On September 26, 2015, the Confucius Institute for Business in Athens, Greece, w88 casino held a Mid-Autumn Tea Party to celebrate the 2015 “Confucius Institute Day”. Nearly a hundred people attended the event, including Chinese Ambassador to Greece Zou Xiaoli and his wife, President of the Athens University of Economics and Business Konstantin, representatives of Chinese enterprises and overseas Chinese in Greece, teachers and students of the Overseas Chinese w88 casino in Greece, teachers and students of the Confucius Institute, and reporters from local media. During the event, teachers and students of the Confucius Institute performed Tai Chi fan, Chinese martial arts, traditional folk songs, Peking opera and other exciting performances. Local Greek media such as China-Greece Times reported the entire event.
5. President Shi Jianjun was received by President Xi Jinping and attended the annual meeting of Confucius Institutes in the UK
On October 22, 2015 local time, President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the annual conference of Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms in the UK in London and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. Professor Shi Jianjun, the Chinese director and president of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, was invited to attend the annual meeting and was received by President Xi Jinping as the representative of the heads of the Chinese institutions of the British Confucius Institute.
6. Secretary Wang Ling attended the unveiling ceremony of the China Asia-Pacific Economic and Cultural Research Center at the w88 casino
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7. w88 casino held the 2015 Confucius Institute Directors’ Working Conference
On December 5, 2015, just as the 10th Global Confucius Institute Conference was held in Shanghai, the International Business Chinese Teaching and Resource Development Base held the 2015 Confucius Institute Directors Working Conference in Shanghai.
At the meeting, under the witness of the Brother Confucius Institutes, President Shi Jianjun and the President of the University of Victoria signed an implementation agreement for the two universities to jointly build the Victoria Business Confucius Institute, and took a group photo. Finally, President Shi Jianjun awarded certificates to the directors of the Confucius Institute and encouraged them for their achievements in 2015. In the next ten years, the Business Chinese Base and the nine Confucius Institutes will respond to the call of Hanban, improve the quality and level of the Confucius Institutes, make the Confucius Institutes more "three-dimensional", and make greater contributions to promoting world peace and multicultural development, and enhancing friendship between China and the people of other countries.
8. President Shi Jianjun was invited to attend the 10th Global Confucius Institute Conference and chair the conference forum
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9. Vice President Zhao Zhongxiu led a team to attend the 9th Confucius Institute in w88 casino-Business Confucius Institute at the University of Victoria in AustraliaCollege Unveiling Ceremony
From November 22 to November 27, 2015, Professor Zhao Zhongxiu, Vice President of w88 casino, led a team to attend the unveiling ceremony of the ninth Confucius Institute in w88 casino, the Business Confucius Institute at Victoria University in Australia, and held the first Confucius Institute Council. The Chinese and foreign directors exchanged opinions and suggestions on the basic positioning, work content, work focus and operating mechanism of the Confucius Institute respectively, and reached a consensus on how the Confucius Institute can better leverage the disciplinary advantages of both partners and carry out cooperation in a wider range of fields. From November 22 to 24, the delegation visited Fukuyama University, which co-founded the Confucius Institute with w88 casino. Both parties agreed that they should further increase support for the work of the Confucius Institute, expand the functions of the Confucius Institute in schools and society, expand the influence of the Confucius Institute, so that it can better play a bridge role, and contribute to the mutual cultural learning between China and Japan and the deepening of the friendship between the two peoples. While in Tokyo, the delegation also visited the University of Tokyo and Niigata Prefectural University, and met with Professor Toshiya Yoshimi, Director of the Higher Education Research Center of the University of Tokyo, and President Takashi Inoguchi, the President of Niigata Prefectural University, and reached a preliminary intention for the two sides to carry out multi-faceted and all-level cooperation in the future.
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