Accompanied by Mr. Xu Dong, Deputy Director of Foreign AffairsOffice of China’s National People’s Congress, and Ms. MarijaAdanja, Ambassador of Slovenia to China, the SlovenianParliamentary Delegation led by Ms. Janja Klasinc, Member of theSlovenian National Assembly and Chair of Foreign Policy Committee,visited SUIBE on the afternoon of 5 June 2014. President Sun metwith the Slovenian visitors. Vice President Nie Qing, Dean of theSchool of Language Wang Guanglin, Director of Foreign AffairsOffice Xu Dongfeng, and Deputy Director of the Confucius InstituteOffice Ye Rong were present during the meeting.
Expressing warm welcome to the eight-member delegation, PresidentSun briefed the Slovenian guests on the latest developments ofSUIBE and the progress made in the Confucius Institute jointlysponsored by SUIBE and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.President Sun noted that for the past four years since itsestablishment, the Confucius Institute at the University ofLjubljana had played a prominent role in promoting and teaching theChinese language and culture in Slovenia, which not onlystrengthened the friendly ties between the younger generations inthe two countries, but also contributed to the Central and EastEuropean Studies in SUIBE.
Ms. Janja Klasinc expressed her thanks for the warm reception toher delegation, and discussed with President Sun a wide range ofissues such as the admission of Slovenian students to Chineseuniversities, the expansion of student exchange programs, andChina’s economic performance.