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Minutes of the 2013 Joint Conference of Confucius Institutes in Asia

The 2013 Joint Conference of Confucius Institutes in Asia was successfully held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from May 29 to 31, 2013. The conference was attended by a total of over 200 delegates, including the presidents and Chinese and foreign directors of 86 Confucius Institutes and 3 Confucius Classrooms from 31 Asian countries, as well as a number of presidents of Chinese partner universities. Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia attended the opening ceremony, along with 5 deputy prime ministers and 21 ministerial-level officials, and delivered a speech. Madam Xu Lin, Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Counselor of the State Council of China, Chief Executive of the Confucius Institute Headquarters and Director-General of Hanban, delivered the keynote speech. At the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Hun Sen honored Madam Xu Lin with the “Friendship and Cooperation Medal of the Kingdom of Cambodia”, and the two of them unveiled 3 Conf ucius Classrooms together.

In order for the conference to serve as a platform for sharing experience and exchanging ideas, the CI Headquarters has collected in advance over 80 articles from Asian Confucius Institutes on their Chinese language education, cultural activities as well as lectures and forums, and selected 40 of them to assemble a Compilation of Good Examples from Confucius Institutes in Asia, which are distributed to the delegates at the conference. In addition, 5 Confucius Institute Directors were invited to share their experience on conducting special credit courses, language and cultural practices as well as the training of local teachers and the development of teaching materials. This has become yet another highlight of the conference, as their speeches were well received and their interaction with the audience achieved the desired effect.

At the conference, the CI Headquarters gave introductions to the Confucius China Studies Program, the core teacher position and the establishment of majors in Chinese language teaching, and the delegates conducted heated discussions on a range of topics, including the fulfillment of the tasks and objectives for the year 2015 according to the Confucius Institute Development Plan (2012-2020), the strengthening of the training of local teachers for Confucius Institutes and the development of teaching materials, the preparations for Confucius Institutes’ 10th anniversary celebrations in 2014, and the implementation of the “core teacher” program.

1. On the fulfillment of the tasks and objectives for 2015 according to the Plan

The delegates agree that the timely publication of the Confucius Institute Development Plan (2012-2020) points the direction for Confucius Institutes’ sustainable development. The objectives and tasks stated in the Plan are scientific and reasonable, and the specific tasks and goals for 2015 can be accomplished.

(1) The development of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms should aim at the reasonable distribution of numbers. Since there are fewer Confucius Classrooms in Asia compared with European and American countries, it is suggested that qualified Confucius Institutes in Asia should set up more Confucius Classrooms in primary and middle schools.

(2) Individual Confucius Institutes should have a clear understanding of their own positions, set goals for different development stages, and try to become part of the university’s development plan through the Board of Directors, in order to better satisfy the needs of the university and the local community.

(3) The mechanism for tripartite cooperation among the CI Headquarters and the Chinese and foreign partner universities should be further strengthened, and a mechanism for