2015年CRI Xi Hails Role of Confucius Institutes in China-UK relationship

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping is hailing the role of Confucius Institutes for its contribution to promoting cultural exchanges with foreign countries.

President Xi made the remarks while addressing an opening ceremony of an annual meeting of Confucius Institutes in Britain.

The President said Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms are important platforms for the world to get to know China.

"As important windows and bridges for linguistic¹ and cultural exchanges between China and the world, Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms have played an active role in facilitating people around the world to learn Chinese language and understand its culture. They have also made important contributions to China's people-to-people exchanges with the world, as well as the development of a diverse and colorful world civilization"

Xi was welcomed by students of the institutes with a Chinese song and a poem written by the President back in the 1990s.

Cameron Patterson is a student from the University of Lancaster who performed the poem at the event.

"I think it's a very good idea to recite the poem which pays tribute to Jiao Yvlu. It was also well written. I attended junior high school in China before. I remembered learning a lesson called 'Oasis² in the Desert', which tells the story about Jiao Yvlu."

Jiao Yvlu is a late Chinese model official who worked in the barren Lankao county in central China's Henan province in the 1960s.

So far, there are 29 Confucius Institutes and 126 Confucius Classrooms established in the Britain, ranking the first among European countries.

Xi Jinping said he wishes that Confucius Institute teachers make greater contribution to the China-Britain relations.

"I hope the Confucius Institutes could carry on their motto, which features mutual³ respect, friendly negotiations⁴, equality and mutual benefits, and make greater contribution to exchanging cultures, communicating the minds and promoting the diversity of world civilizations."

Xi Jinping was accompanied by Prince Andrew, the Duke of York to the event.

Xi is on the fourth day of his state visit to the UK, the first of its kind by a Chinese president in a decade.

1 linguistic   

adj.语言的，语言学的

参考例句：

• She is pursuing her linguistic researches.她在从事语言学的研究。
• The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence.写作能力是对语言能力的最高形式的测试。

2 oasis   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方

参考例句：

• They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。

3 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。