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Delegation from Peru Confucius Institute Visits GDUFS

Time:October 27, 2018  Author:  Editor:  Source:   Photo:

North Campus, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, October 23rd 2018: On October 23rd the delegation from the Confucius Institute at Catholic University of Santa Maria, Peru,  visited GDUFS. JIAO Fangtai, Vice President of GDUFS, met the guests in the Reception Hall of the Administration Building. The delegation talked about the construction of their Confucius Institute and other affairs with GDUFS.

 

Talks between both sides

 

JIAO Fangtai reviewed the history of exchanges and collaboration between the two universities and the circumstance of the Confucius Institute at Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria, Arequipa Peru. He pointed out that this Institute was one of the earliest Confucius Institutes in Peru. The Plaque Conferring Ceremony was held on November, 2008. The enrolment began in April, 2009, setting up the Master and the Bachelor of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, which has many yielded rich harvests since its establishment. He hoped that on the basis of their current cooperation, the two universities would have more visits between teachers and students, strengthen their academic and scientific efforts, and thus achieve the institutionalization of academic communication.

 

Roxana Gutiérrez Aranibar, Director of the Office of Cooperation and International relations of the Confucius Institute at Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria, Arequipa Peru, briefly introduced the development of the Institute in recent years and new strategies for teaching Chinese culture. She expected to reinforce collaboration with the language faculties of GDUFS, deepen cooperation in all fields, and promote common development between the two universities.

 

Group photograph

 

The head of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange also attended the meeting.