Confucius Institute

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Confucius Institute (Simplified Chinese: 孔子学院; Traditional Chinese: 孔子學院; pinyin: kǒngzǐ xuéyuàn) is a non-profit public institute which aims at promoting Chinese language and culture and supporting local Chinese teaching internationally through affiliated Confucius Institutes. Its headquarters is in Beijing and is under the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. After establishing a pilot institute in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in June 2004, the first Confucius Institute opened on November 21, 2004 in Seoul, Korea and many more have been established in other countries, such as the U.S., Germany and Sweden, where Chinese enjoys an increasing popularity. The first Confucius Institute in South Eastern Europe was opened in August 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia.[1].htm The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China estimates that, by the year 2010, there will be approximately 100 million people worldwide learning Chinese as a foreign language, and it plans to set up 100 Confucius Institutes worldwide^[1].

Contents 1 List of Institutes 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 Germany 1.4 Hungary 1.5 Japan 1.6 Mexico 1.7 New Zealand 1.8 Philippines 1.9 Singapore 1.10 Sweden 1.11 United Kingdom 1.12 United States 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] List of Institutes

Listed by alphabetical order according to country of location.

[edit] Australia

• University of Western Australia

[edit] Canada

• British Columbia Institute of Technology

[edit] Germany

• Free University of Berlin
• Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nurenberg

[edit] Hungary

• Eötvös Loránd University

[edit] Japan

• Aichi University
• Hokuriku University
• Obirin University
• Ritsumeikan University
• Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Sapporo University

[edit] Mexico

• Huaxia Chinese Culture College

[edit] New Zealand

• University of Auckland

[edit] Philippines

• Ateneo de Manila University

[edit] Singapore

• Nanyang Technological University

[edit] Sweden

• Stockholm University

[edit] United Kingdom

• London School of Economics
• University of Sheffield

[edit] United States

• Chicago Public Schools
• China Institute
• Michigan State University
• Palm Beach County School District, Boca Raton, Florida
• San Francisco State University
• University of Hawaii
• University of Iowa
• University of Kansas
• University of Maryland
• University of Massachusetts
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Texas

[edit] References

1. ^ Article "'China threat' fear countered by culture" at People's Daily

[edit] See also

• Alliance française
• British Council
• Goethe-Institut
• Instituto Cervantes
• Instituto Camões

[edit] External links

• China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language