In the morning of December 12, 2017, the 12th Confucius Institute Conference was held in Xi’an. Liu Yandong, Vice Prime Minister of the State Council and Chair of the Council of Confucius Institute Headquarters, attended and addressed the conference, and also presented awards for 25 Confucius Institutes. The CI at the University of Bucharest (CI at UB) and the CI at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, Barbados (CI at Barbados) were honored “2017 Confucius Institute of the Year”, marking great breakthrough in the development of Confucius Institutes (CI) of CUPL.
（The CI at Barbados honored “2017 Confucius Institute of the Year”）
（The CI at Bucharest honored “2017 Confucius Institute of the Year”）
It is reported that so far, 146 countries and regions have established 525 CIs as well as 1113 Confucius Classrooms in middle and primary schools. CUPL has established three overseas CIs since 2012. With vigorous growth, these three CIs have made great achievements. Last year, Prof. Luminita Balan, Romanian Co-Director of the CI at UB, won the “Confucius Institute Individual Performance Excellence Award”; and this year, two CIs of CUPL were awarded “Confucius Institute of the Year”. It is the national recognition and highest awards for CIs of CUPL. In the future, CUPL will spare no efforts to promote the construction and development of the CIs and accelerate the internationalization strategy and “Double First-Tier” university project, thus playing a more positive role in the promotion of the Chinese language and the advancement of international cultural exchanges.
（Liu Yandong, Vice Prime Minister of the State Council and Chair of the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters took photo with the honorees）
