synonymHanban(Hanban) generally refers to the Office of the National Leading Group for International Promotion of Chinese Language of the People's Republic of China
The former China National Leading Group Office for International Promotion of Chinese Language (Hanban for short) is directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of Chinagovernment-affiliated institutions, committed to providing Chinese language and culture teaching for countries around the worldresourcesAnd services to meet the needs of overseas Chinese learners to the maximum extent and contribute to the joint development of multiculturalism and the common construction of a harmonious world.In response to the global upsurge of Chinese language learning, the historical responsibility of establishing institutions related to the dissemination of Chinese culture falls on the National Leading Group for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.Hanban, established in 1987, is a daily office composed of leaders of 11 departments of the State Council, which is located in the Ministry of Education.Hanban is committed to providing Chinese language and culture teaching resources and services to countries around the world, meeting the needs of overseas Chinese learners to the maximum extent, and contributing to the joint development of multiculturalism and the common construction of a harmonious world.[1]
Chinese name
Office of the National Leading Group for International Promotion of Chinese Language of the People's Republic of China
Alias
Chinese Foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Education
Services
Provide teaching resources and services of Chinese language and culture
Purpose
Provide Chinese language and culture teaching resources and services to countries around the world
Category
Public institutions directly under the bureau of the Ministry of Education
Type of organization
Daily standing office of the leading group
Administrative level
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Parent organization
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Sino foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center(hereinafter referred to as "Language Cooperation Center"; English name: Center for Language Education and Cooperation, hereinafter referred to as CLEC), which is subordinate to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, is a professional public welfare education institution to develop international Chinese education. It is committed to providing high-quality services for people around the world to learn Chinese and understand China, as well as for Sino foreign language exchange and cooperationThe world's multi-cultural learning and mutual learning build a friendly and cooperative platform.
The main functions of the Language Cooperation Center are to provide services for the development of international Chinese language education and the promotion of Sino foreign language exchange and cooperation, coordinate the construction of an international Chinese language education resource system, participate in the formulation of international Chinese language education standards and organize their implementation;Support the construction and academic research of international Chinese teachers, textbooks and disciplines;Organize the implementation of the international Chinese teacher test and the series of foreigners' Chinese proficiency tests, and carry out relevant assessment and accreditation;Running Chinese Bridge, New Sinology, Scholarship and other international Chinese education related brand projects;Organize and carry out Chinese foreign language exchange and cooperation.[2]
Background
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To meet the development needs of international Chinese education, the Ministry of Education has set up a Sino foreign language exchange and cooperation center.The Language Cooperation Center is a professional public education institution for the development of international Chinese education. It is committed to providing services for people all over the world to learn Chinese and understand China, and building a friendly and cooperative platform for Sino foreign language exchange and cooperation, and for the world's multi-cultural learning and mutual learning.The Language Cooperation Center is specifically responsible for the overall construction of the international Chinese language education resource system, participating in the formulation of international Chinese language education standards and organizing their implementation;Support the construction and academic research of international Chinese teachers, textbooks and disciplines;Organize the implementation of the international Chinese teacher test and the series of foreigners' Chinese proficiency tests, and carry out relevant assessment and accreditation;Running international Chinese education related brand projects;Organize and carry out Chinese foreign language exchange and cooperation.The recently officially established "China Foundation for International Chinese Language Education" is fully responsible for the operation of the Confucius Institute brand.The foundation is a non-governmental public welfare organization initiated by many universities and enterprises. It aims to promote people to people and cultural exchanges, enhance international understanding, and contribute to promoting exchanges and mutual learning among diverse civilizations in the world and jointly building a community with a shared future for mankind by supporting Chinese education projects around the world.[3]
Main leaders
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Ma Jianfei: Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Sino foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center
Zhao Guocheng: Deputy Director of Sino foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center
Jing Wei: Deputy Director of Sino foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center
Yu Tianqi: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Sino foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center
Song Yongbo: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Sino foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center[4]
Historical development
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In 2002, China began to consider setting up language promotion agencies overseas.Since 2004, on the basis of learning from the experience of German Goethe Institute, French Alliance, Spanish Cervantes Institute and other institutions to promote the national language, China's non-profit public welfare institutions set up overseas with the purpose of teaching Chinese and spreading Chinese culture finally came into being.State Councilor Chen Zhili proposed to name it "Confucius Institute" after Confucius, the representative of Chinese Confucian culture.
Hanban
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In 2007, the Office of the Leading Group for International Promotion of Chinese Language in China has cooperated with universities and middle schools in more than 90 countries and regions, and set up more than 300 Confucius Institutes and more than 300 Confucius Classrooms there.Among them, 31 countries and regions in Asia have set up 74 Confucius Institutes and 30 Confucius Classrooms, and the number is increasing every day.Each Confucius Institute is launched by the Hanban with support of 150000 US dollars, and the Chinese and foreign sides support each other at a ratio of one to one every year.In 2010, Hanban received RMB 800 million from the Chinese government to support the development of Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms around the world.
Xu Lin (56 years old), counselor of the State Council of China and director of the Hanban, was interviewed by local journalists in Singapore before attending the second joint conference of Confucius Institutes in Asia.When talking about the goal of the number of Confucius Institutes set up by the Hanban in the world, she said: "The French government's French promotion organization, Alliance Francaise, has 1300 points in the world. My dream is to hope that the number of Confucius Institutes around the world can catch up with the French Alliance in the next 10 years with the government's increased investment and generous donations from entrepreneurs."Xu Lin pointed out that the craze for people all over the world to learn Chinese has become an irresistible trend.Five years ago, there were only 200 schools teaching Chinese in the United States, which is now 10 times the number at that time, reaching 2000.Every day, she will receive at least 40 emails from universities around the world, asking for cooperation with Hanban to set up Confucius Institutes, or asking for more Chinese teachers, or funding to expand teaching buildings.This allows her to work 10 to 15 hours a day to respond to emails from countries in different time zones.She smiled and said, "We have to work in the daytime; they also have to work in the daytime. What can we do? Hanban aims to provide educational resources and services of Chinese language and culture for all countries and try to meet the requirements of overseas Chinese learners." Xu Lin said that the biggest difficulty of Hanban is the lack of enough teachers because the supply exceeds the demand.She pointed out that every Chinese teacher sent out must be familiar with the local language, and it is not easy to meet this condition.For example, in Thailand, there are 1200 local primary and secondary schools with 500000 primary and secondary students learning Chinese. Hanban has also set up 12 Confucius Institutes in Thailand, and needs to provide 1000 Chinese teachers who understand Thai every year.She also revealed that the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, which has trained six Nobel Prize professors, is a top university.The president of the school thought that it would be great if there were 50 students to study at the Confucius Institute, but more than 2000 people signed up. They asked Hanban to send teachers.However, there were few teachers who knew Spanish. As a result, Hanban sent 70 to 80 young people to Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Spain to learn Spanish. After only one year of study, they went to teach at the local Confucius Institute.
