COUNCIL
5 2013 Council Meeting of Confucius Institute Headquarters Held in Beijing
9 2013 Work Report of the Confucius Institute Headquarters by Xu Lin
15 Members of the 4th Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters
OPENING CEREMONY
17 The 8th Confucius Institute Conference Held in Beijing Madam Liu Yandong, Vice Premier of the State Council of China and Chair of the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, attended the conference and delivered the keynote address
22 Join our Hands to Develop Confucius Institutes andWrite New Chapters in People-to-People Exchange Keynote Speech at the Opening Session of the 8th Confucius Institute Conference by Liu Yandong
THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS
30 Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, President of Middle Tennessee State University, U.S.
33 Prof. Stephen Simukanga, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zambia
37 Sergey V. Ablameyko, Reactor of the Belarusian State University, Belarus
40 Liu Xiping, Director-General of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, P. R. China
AWARDS LISTS
42 2013Confucius Institutes of theYear
43 2013ConfuciusClassroomsoftheYear
45 Confucius Institute Individual Performance Excellence Award of theYear 2013
47 Outstanding Confucius Institute Chinese Partner of theYear 2013
BEST PRACTICES FORUMS
50 Best Practices Forums
PRESIDENTS’ FORUMS
56 Presidents’ Forums
EXHIBITION
61 From non-existence to excellence Localization and digitization of international Chinese language teaching materials encouraging
CLOSING CEREMONY
64 Conclusion speech on the 8th Confucius Institute Conference by Xu Lin
70 Confucius as I perceive him to be
FESTIVAL
74 The Same “New Year Atmosphere”, a Different Way to Celebrate P78 A Date with New Year’s Films P84 Celebrating the Spring Festival at Confucius Institute P88 A “Micro” Spring Festival
