The Chinese class of the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines opens in the Press
"Philippines", "Presidential Palace", "Ministry of Public Information", Chinese teachers from China at the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines (Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines), held three Chinese vocabulary placards at the Press Department of the Presidential Palace of the Philippines on April 12 The class teaches Mandarin. Nearly 30 trainees will master basic Chinese and understand Chinese culture in the course of 80 lessons in 40 weeks.
According to a responsible official of the Information Department of the Presidential Palace of the Philippines, this year is the Philippine-Chinese media exchange year. The Information Department of the Presidential Palace invited the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines to open a Chinese language class to the Presidential Palace. Chinese media.
In an interview with the media, Dr. Chen Lu (LOURDES), the Philippine Dean of the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines, said that with the further improvement of the friendship between the Philippines and China, more and more Filipinos are keen to learn Chinese. On the one hand, in order to facilitate communication with the Chinese people and better understand In contemporary China, speaking Mandarin on the other hand is already a very useful skill in the Philippines, because there are more and more job opportunities in Chinese and better salaries.
According to Huang Jiajia, the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines, language is the best communication channel between the people of the Philippines and China. Passion.
The Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines was officially established on October 12, 2015. It is an educational service organization established by the University of the Philippines, Xiamen University and the Confucius Institute Headquarters. The Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines provides learning opportunities for anyone interested in learning Chinese language and culture. Through professional training in the Chinese language, it builds a Philippine faculty of local teachers and promotes the establishment of a platform for dialogue and exchanges between the Philippines and China at various levels. Promote research that is conducive to understanding the modern Chinese economy and society. The Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines is the 16th Confucius Institute jointly established by Xiamen University and well-known overseas universities and the 4th Confucius Institute in the Philippines.
It is reported that the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines has successively set up 11 teaching sites in the Philippines. There are 9 publicly-appointed teachers, 4 volunteer teachers, and more than 1,000 registered students. The teaching work includes the official contract with the Foreign Affairs Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines and the Philippine Immigration Bureau. Offer Chinese courses; Offer Mandarin courses for the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and its 120 local chambers of commerce and industry associations; Offer Chinese courses for tour guides and port service staff of Subic Bay Metropolitan Administration; Offer Chinese courses for Philippine City Alliance 145 colleges and universities offer Chinese courses, etc.