On April 4, the 13th Anniversary Ceremony of the Confucius Institute at Cheju Halla University, South Korea, was held. Professor Kim Sun Hoon, President of Cheju Halla University and attended the ceremony and professor Wang Lei, Vice President of Nankai University, delivered a congratulatory speech via video.

Kim Sun Hoon spoke highly of the contribution that the Confucius Institute has made in Chinese language education, Chinese culture promotion and the exchanges between China and South Korea over the last 13 years. He extended heartfelt gratitude to the support of Nankai University and the hard work of the faculty of the Confucius Institute. He said that Cheju Halla University will continue to strengthen cooperation with Nankai University in multifields and expected that the students could realize their dreams through the platform of the Confucius Institute and Nankai University-Cheju Halla University 2+2 undergraduate double degree programs.

Wang Lei congratulated the 13th anniversary of the Confucius Institute. He said that since its establishment, the Confucius Institute deeply integrated itself to Cheju Halla University and has been constantly improving its teaching quality, holding various cultural activities and steadily enhancing its social influence. He hopes that the two universities continue to collaborate closely in the future to set a cooperation example between China and South Korea. 

At the ceremony, the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute made the 2021 work report and 2022 work plan of the Confucius Institute and further introduced the “2+2” undergraduate double degree programs.

The Confucius Institute at Cheju Halla University which was founded in April of 2009 is the 13th Confucius Institute in South Korea and the first in Cheju Island. Over the past 13 years, with the support of people from all walks of life, the Confucius Institute has made great contributions to promoting the people to people exchanges between the two countries in the fields of culture, education, etc. 

(Edited and translated by Nankai News Team)