China Education News-China Education News Network News (Reporter Zhang Xin) On the afternoon of December 8, the main forum of the World Chinese Conference was held at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. Chen Jie, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Director of the State Language Commission, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, attended the forum and delivered a speech. Ma Jianfei, Director of the Center for Language Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education, presided over the forum.
In his speech, Chen Jie pointed out that Chinese is one of the most spoken languages in the world, and international Chinese education is an important public good provided by China to the world. In 2023, international Chinese education will achieve new results and progress, further improve its support capacity, further strengthen the endogenous development of localization, continue to deepen the development of digital intelligence, and continuously enhance the practical value of Chinese. International Chinese education has shown a good trend of upward development, and has made important contributions to connecting China and the world and promoting openness, cooperation and sharing. Vice Minister Chen Jie said that China's Ministry of Education will continue to adhere to openness, inclusiveness, extensive consultation and joint efforts, work with education authorities of various countries, and sincerely cooperate with Chinese and foreign sectors to continuously promote the sustainable and high-quality development of international Chinese education, and strive to provide better experience and services for people from all over the world to learn XiChinese and understand China.
During the forum, the Center signed the Agreement on Cooperation in Chinese Education with the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training of Djibouti, the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Chinese Education in Iran with the Language Center of the Ministry of Education of Iran, the Agreement on Funding the Establishment of the Chinese Teacher Professional Program with the Ministry of Education of Kiribati and Guizhou Normal University, and the Agreement on Cooperation in Chinese Education with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Mauritania. The forum also showcased the new achievements of international Chinese education in 2023 in the form of **, including the release of the multilingual version of the International Standards for the Professional Competence of Chinese Teachers, the authorization of 15 new Confucius Institutes in 15 countries, the establishment of 43 new Chinese Xi test centers, 13 online Chinese classrooms, 5 Chinese smart classrooms, and the launch of the Chinese smart classroom "Digital Chinese Culture" client. In addition, before the start of the forum, students from the "Chinese Bridge" delegation of the University of Ulster and the Chinese Academy of Drama performed the warm-up performances of "The Rhyme of Irish Tap Dance" and "The Elegance of Chinese Opera" respectively.
More than 2,000 Chinese and foreign representatives attended the forum, including Afanasyevich, former First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus and Chairman of the Belarusian-Chinese Friendship Association, Taparansi, former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and President of the Thai-Chinese Friendship Association, ministers of education, representatives of international organizations and international language and cultural institutions, heads of local education authorities in China, presidents of Chinese and foreign universities, directors of Confucius Institutes, well-known sinologists who care, support and actively participate in international Chinese education, and representatives of social organizations, enterprises, teachers and students.
Author: Zhang Xin.