On July 2nd, the Briefing Meeting on the Pilot Evaluation of the Principal - role Played by Chinese Partner Institutions of Confucius Institutes was held in Dalian University of Foreign Languages. This meeting was guided by the China International Chinese Education Foundation, hosted by the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, and undertaken by Dalian University of Foreign Languages. Zhao Lingshan, the Secretary - General of the China International Chinese Education Foundation, attended the meeting and delivered a keynote speech. Kong Feng, the Deputy Director of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, and Cong Mingcai, the President of our university, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
The person-in-charge of the Training and Evaluation Department of the China International Chinese Education Foundation, the evaluation expert group, as well as the leaders and relevant department heads of 13 member universities of the Liaoning Provincial Confucius Institute Cooperative Universities Alliance participated in the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Liu Fengguang, the Vice - President of Dalian University of Foreign Languages.
In November 2024, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2024 World Chinese Conference and congratulated on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Confucius Institutes. In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the President's important instructions and promote the high - quality and connotative development of Confucius Institutes, in 2025, the China International Chinese Education Foundation officially launched the evaluation work on the principal - role of Chinese partner institutions. This is the first evaluation work carried out since the establishment of Confucius Institutes 20 years ago, and Liaoning Province is the first pilot province in the country.
Professor Du Ruijun, Professor Xu Lihua and Professor Ding Anqi, members of the evaluation expert group, respectively interpreted the evaluation index system and supporting documents in detail from the perspectives of the development process of the index system, the self - evaluation of partner institutions and the key points analysis. Zhang Jingjing, the Deputy Director of the Training and Evaluation Department of the Foundation, introduced the specific implementation plan. The participating representatives also had in - depth exchanges and discussions on the evaluation work.
By establishing a scientific evaluation system, each Chinese partner institution will further strengthen its principal responsibility in running schools, promote construction, reform and strengthening through evaluation, and comprehensively improve the quality and effectiveness of Confucius Institutes. As the first pilot province in the country, Liaoning will give full play to its regional advantages and the characteristics of the alliance, explore replicable and popularizable experience and practices in the process of evaluation implementation, and help the high - quality development of Confucius Institutes around the world. (Jiang Xiangling)
