孔子学院英语介绍

One possible version: To develop friendships with other countries and popularize the Chinese language and culture, we have, in recent years, set up Confucius Institutes all over the world. This name is a proud one for Chinese people because Confucius was famous thinker, educator and philosopher in Chinese history. Right now there are already 156 institutes completed and by the end of this year that number will reach 200. The institutes’ services include teaching Chinese online, training Chinese teachers, providing Chinese textbooks, and introducing modern China’s tourism, business, and medicine to the world.

孔子学院，即孔子学堂（Confucius Institute），它并非一般意义上的大学，而是推广汉语和传播中国文化与国学的教育和文化交流机构，是一个非营利性的社会公益机构，一般都是下设在国外的大学和研究院之类的教育机构里。孔子学院最重要的一项工作就是给世界各地的汉语学习者提供规范、权威的现代汉语教材；提供最正规、最主要的汉语教学渠道。孔子学院总部（Confucius Institute Headquarters）设在北京，2007年4月9日挂牌。境外的孔子学院都是其分支机构，主要采用中外合作的形式开办。

Confucius InstituteConfucius Institute is a nonprofit cultural institution which spreads Chinese and propagate Chinese culture. It is in order to provide the people learning Chinese all over the world with normed and authoritative modern Chinese courses and the most regular and the most important channel of Chinese teaching. Its aim is promoting exchange and fusion between Chinese and world's culture, for building a balance world that be peace forever and bloom together. There has been 268 Confucius Institutes and 71 Confucius Schoolrooms built in the world by August,2009. And there will be 500 Confucius Institute and Confucius Schoolrooms built in the world in 2010.

孔子学院[名]Confucius Institute ;