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China established its first Confucius Institute on the air on Thursday at China Radio International (CRI), offering Chinese language teaching in 38 foreign languages worldwide.
The broadcast Confucius Institute, jointly set up by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), Confucius Institute headquarters and CRI, is to meet surging overseas demand to learn the Chinese language, according to Zhang Xinsheng, vice minister of education.
The institute will offer Chinese teaching programs by wireless broadcasting and online broadcasting based on the uniform study materials compiled by the Office of Chinese Language Council International to learners worldwide, said Geng Qingqing, an official with the CRI.
The founding of the Confucius Institute on air marked a milestone in the field of Chinese language promotion, said Hu Zhanfan, deputy director of the SARFT.
Named after the famous ancient Chinese philosopher, more than 200 Confucius institutes have been set up in more than 60 countries to spread Chinese culture.
Confucius, born in 551 B.C., was a great Chinese thinker, philosopher, statesman and educator. He advocated building a harmonious society through individual self-refinement in manners and taste. His theory, dubbed Confucianism, had dominated Chinese society for more than one thousand years and was known in Europe in the late 16th century.
Over the past 66 years since it was founded, the CRI has continuously provided lectures and programs on Chinese language education in 38 foreign languages. Up to now, the CRI’s Chinese learning programs has covered five continents worldwide.
Statistics from the Ministry of Education show that currently 30 million people overseas are learning Chinese and the figure may hit 100 million by 2010.
Earlier this year, Xu Lin, director of the Office of Chinese Language Council International revealed that the office was planning to draw up quality standards on Chinese language education for non-Chinese speakers.
Apart from the broadcast institute, the country also plans to set up a television Confucius Institute and an online database of Chinese language education.
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我国首家广播孔子学院6日在中国国际广播电台正式成立。国务委员、孔子学院总部理事会主席陈至立同志出席揭牌仪式，并为广播孔子学院揭牌。目前，中国在全球60多个国家和地区已建立了200多所孔子学院，初步满足了世界各国和各地区人民学习汉语的需求。广播孔子学院利用国际台38种外语的语言优势，陆续开办”汉语讲座”、”学汉语”节目，满足了数以千万计海外受众学习汉语的需求。近年来，国际台大力倡导”用母语学汉语”、用在线广播学汉语、用新媒体手段学汉语、通过遍及五大洲的听众俱乐部学汉语，正努力打造多媒体、多语种、全球化的汉语国际推广与文化传播体系。广播孔子学院以广播孔子课堂、无线广播、在线广播等为载体，使用38种外语教授汉语。截止目前，依托遍及五大洲的海外听众俱乐部，中国国际广播电台已建和在建的广播孔子课堂达10 所。
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