The European Forum of Confucius Institutes in Minsk

From 11 to 13 September in Minsk (Belarus ) held a forum of Confucius Institutes in Europe, organized by the Belarusian State University and the State Office of the PRC on the international dissemination of Chinese Language ( Hanban ) . Madam Xu Lin , head of Hanban , participated in the opening ceremony of the forum along with the Ambassador of China in the Republic of Belarus, as well as other high-ranking representatives of China and Belarus.
In this large-scale event was attended by over 200 representatives from 77 Confucius Institutes in 19 European countries: Belarus , Russia , Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia , Lithuania , Estonia, Poland, Belgium , Britain , Denmark , Ireland, Iceland, Canada , Norway, Romania , Serbia , Finland and Sweden. In addition, the number of participants appeared as delegations from five leading universities in China.
The Confucius Institute of Volgograd State Pedagogical University socio- was presented at the forum as its director from the Russian side D. Gulinovym and deputy director of the Chinese Side Van Ventsyan .
The leaders of the Confucius Institute VGSPU took part in the discussion of the prospects for the development of Sinology in Europe , cooperation in the field of study of the Chinese language, in particular , the training of teachers , build the brand of the Confucius Institute , the development of training materials.