Slovenia Ljubljana Confucius Institute officially established

On May 26th, The Slovenia Ljubljana Confucius Institute wasofficially established in the University of Ljubljana. Almost 200people attended the grand ceremony, including the first lady ofSlovenia, Yang Jianzhong from the Chinese embassy to Slovenia,officials from the Foreign Ministry of Slovenia, representativesfrom Shanghai Educational Committee, SIFT vice president XuXiaowei, Du an Mramor, dean of the Faculty of Economics ofLjubljana University and people of goodwill to China.
 

The Ljubljana Confucius Institute is jointly established by SIFTand the Faculty of Economics of Ljubljana University. It is the284th Confucius Institute in the world as well as the 3rd BusinessConfucius Institute after that of London and Copenhagen.

 

Vice president Xu Xiaowei reviewed the two sides’ joint efforts toestablish the Confucius Institute in the ceremony and introducedthe history, characteristics, advantages and prospect of SIFT. Shesaid that the two universities would yield even more fruits incooperation in education, economy, culture and other fields afterthe establishment of the Ljubljana Confucius Institute.

 

Dean Du an Mramor of the Faculty of Economics said that as a bigcountry with profound culture, China is enjoying increasingpopularity in the world thanks to the establishment of ConfuciusInstitutes and he sincerely hoped that the Slovenia LjubljanaConfucius Institute could serve as an important bridge connectingthe two countries in fields of trade, culture and education.

 

Wang Guanglin, dean of School of Languages, Qiu Guixi, dean ofSchool of International Studies, Zhao Hongjun, deputy dean ofInternational Business School and Ye Rong, head of the Center forStudies of Chinese as a Second Language were also present at theceremony.