Recently, the former president of the University of Valencia, Spain Francisco Thomas Waters, vice president Guillermo Palau Moreno and Confucius Institute An Wenlong visited NENU. President Liu Yichun, vice president Feng Jiang, vice president Yu Handong, the former president Shi Ningzhong met with the delegation.
At the meeting, Liu Yichun introduced the development of NENU and status quo of the Confucius Institute. Francisco Thomas Waters in his speech expressed gratitude for the warm reception of our school, and hoped that both sides will further strengthen cooperation. The meeting decided a new list of members of Confucius Institute Council: President of NENU Liu Yichun as the china`s director and President of Valencia University Esteban Mo Sanchez as foreign director. The two sides discussed and passed “The Implementary Agreement on Cooperation of NENU and the University of Valencia in the Construction of the Confucius Institute at the University of Valencia”, “The Division of Responsibilities of China`s Dean and Foreign Dean of Confucius Institute at the University of Valencia (draft)”, “The Agreement on Interscholastic Cooperation between NENU and the University of Valencia”, “The Agreement on Student Exchange between NENU and the University of Valencia”. In addition, the two sides reached a consensus on the establishment of the European center of training Chinese language teachers between NENU and the University of Valencia and discussed the details of cooperation in depth.
(From News Center, translated by Jia Fei, revised by Chen Yanxu)
