On November 10th, our university and the Universitas Negeri Surabaya in Indonesia held the 10th anniversary celebration of the Confucius Institute. Zhao Lingshan, Secretary General of the China International Chinese Education Foundation, and Hao Fanghua, President of CCNU, congratulated the Confucius Institute of Universitas Negeri Surabaya in Indonesia on its 10th anniversary through video. The Chinese Consul General in Surabaya, Gu Jingqi, Vice Rector Peng Shuangjie, First Vice Rector of Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Bom Bangbang Yulianto, and Fourth Vice Rector, Sujawando, delivered speeches. The celebration ceremony was held in a combination of online and offline mode.
Zhao Lingshan pointed out that the Confucius Institute at Universitas Negeri Surabaya was the first Confucius Institute established in Indonesia. Over the past ten years, with the joint support and sincere collaboration of Central China Normal University and Universitas Negeri Surabaya, the Confucius Institute has actively integrated into local universities and communities, and has made important contributions to the teaching of the Chinese language and the training of Chinese language teachers in East Java. He hoped that the Confucius Institute could continue to improve educational quality, strengthen collaboration with other Confucius Institutes in Indonesia, serve as a regional link, and provide a quality platform for Indonesians to learn Chinese and understand Chinese culture.
Gu Jingqi fully affirmed the work of the Confucius Institute at Universitas Negeri Surabaya in his speech. He said that since its establishment ten years ago, the Confucius Institute has been committed to promoting the teaching of Chinese language and the spread of Chinese culture, and has done a lot of work in promoting humanistic exchanges between China and Indonesia. The students of the Confucius Institute have actively participated in the Chinese essay competition and the Chinese New Year Celebration organised by the Consulate General, showing their elegant demeanour and achieving good results.
Hao Fang Hua pointed out that Confucius Institute was a window and bridge for Chinese and foreign language and culture exchanges, "Confucius Institute belongs to China, moreover, it belongs to the world". Over the past ten years, the Confucius Institute at Universitas Negeri Surabaya has actively carried out international Chinese language education and held various cultural activities, making positive contributions to satisfy the needs of Indonesian people for the learning of Chinese language and serving practical cooperation in economic and trade, and has strongly promoted humanistic exchanges between China and Indonesia and the harmonious coexistence of different civilizations.
Peng Shuangjie said that CCNU was willing to work with Universitas Negeri Surabaya to further improve the operation system of the Confucius Institute, deepen the all-round cooperation between the two universities, jointly promote the Confucius Institute for faster, better, and greater development in the new era, and strive to make the Confucius Institute at Universitas Negeri Surabaya into a globally outstanding Confucius Institute.
According to Bumbang Yulianto, the Confucius Institute has provided a platform and window for the Universitas Negeri Surabaya, as well as the local people and communities, to understand and know China, and has made an important contribution to promoting people-to-people contact between the people of China and Indonesia. Universitas Negeri Surabaya hoped to use the Confucius Institute as a platform to develop deeper and closer cooperation with Central China Normal University in the future.
At the ceremony, the Confucius Institute awarded nine institutions, including the Faculty of Languages and Arts of Universitas Negeri Surabaya, with medals for outstanding cooperation and presented certificates of appreciation to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the construction and development of the Confucius Institute. Xiao Renfei, the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute and Associate Professor of the School of International Cultural Exchange of CCNU, was awarded the Certificate of Appreciation.
Sourse:Online News of CCNU
Translator:Liu Yaqi
Date: November,18,2021
