The 5th World Conference on Chinese Language Education was held in Beijing from December 19 to 20. Shi Taifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and minister of the Ministry of the Communist Party of China, met with the delegates.
The conference pointed out that overseas Chinese have always attached importance to education and inheritance of national culture, and that the more than 60 million overseas Chinese are the bridge and link connecting China and the world, and are the main force in inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture and promoting exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations. Overseas Chinese education is a Chinese language and culture education undertaking independently founded by overseas Chinese, and is known as the "Rooting Project", "Hope Project" and "People's Livelihood Project" of overseas Chinese society. Overseas Chinese schools are an important platform for disseminating Chinese culture and enhancing exchanges between Chinese and foreign civilizations. It is hoped that Chinese educators at home and abroad will strengthen their cultural self-confidence, base themselves on more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, rely on the vivid practice of China's development, comprehensively expound China's concept of civilization, development and worldview, help people around the world understand a real, three-dimensional and comprehensive China, promote exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations, enhance people-to-people bonds, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The conference was co-sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, with the theme of "Promoting the High-quality Development of Chinese Education and Promoting Exchanges and Mutual Learning between Chinese and Foreign Civilizations". 600 domestic and foreign representatives from nearly 70 countries and regions around the world attended.
Original title: "The Fifth World Conference on Chinese Education Held Shitai Summit to Meet the Participants".
*:Xinhua.