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US to open first Confucius Institute

www.chinanews.cn 2005-03-08 13:36:56

Chinanews, Mar. 8 - The first Confucius Institute in the United States,
to be located at the University of Maryland, will inaugurate in the near
future.
One of 9 major projects under "Project of Chinese Bridge", the Confucius
Institute Project preliminarily plans to open 100 Confucius institutes
around the world and has selected over 10 universities, including Nankai
University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Fudan University and
Lanzhou University, to establish 16 overseas Confucius institutes to
start the project rolling.
The Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland, established by
Nankai University, is the first Confucius institute in the U.S.
co-sponsored by the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a
Foreign Language. Establishment of the Institute opens a new epoch for
China to promote teaching of Chinese language in the U.S., especially
teaching Chinese language to adults and Chinese language
teacher-training. The Institute seeks to foster communication and
cooperation of education between China and the U.S by organizing various
activities, such as Chinese language training, teacher-training, teaching
material compilation, Chinese language and culture seminars, HSK Chinese
Proficiency Test and academic symposiums on Chinese language teaching and
learning.

          ��The first Confucius College established in Europe (2005-02-22)
          ��China to set up Confucius Institutes in the U.S. (2005-01-27)
          ��The first Chinese Culture Institute opened in Asia
(2004-12-29)

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