The Confucius Institute at Group T—together with 19 other Confucius Institutes—has been declared Confucius Institute of the Year 2009. This happened at the Confucius Institute Conference in Beijing (December 11 to 13).
Representatives of 282 Confucius Institutes and 272 Confucius Classes from 88 different countries took part in discussion groups on the current issues their organizations are dealing with and the organizations' future.
Johan De Graeve, President of Group T and Chairman of the Confucius Institute at Group T received the award. He lead the discussion group on the topic 'How can the Chinese and host universities contribute to the trade and economic exchanges through the Confucius Institutes?'
- More on the Confucius Institutes Conference in Beijing: www.hanban.org
- Read Johan De Graeve's speech (pdf, 12K) on the conference topic 'How can the Chinese and host universities contribute to the trade and economic exchanges through the Confucius Institutes?'
