The Medal for Long Service as a Confucius Institute Director was initiated.
2020
6月
The China Foundation for International Chinese education was registered and granted exclusive use of Confucius’s trademark, and began to operate Confucius under a brand licensing model.
2020
6月
The Confucius Institute Headquarters was renamed the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and was no longer responsible for the affairs of the Confucius Institute.
2014
9月
The Day of Confucius Institute was created.
2014
3月
The Chinese-German, Chinese-Italian and Chinese-Portuguese editions of Confucius Institute were launched.
2010
7月
The Chinese-French, Chinese-Spanish, Chinese-Russian, Chinese-Japanese, Chinese-Korean, Chinese-Thai and Chinese-Arabic editions of Confucius Institute were launched.
2009
3月
Confucius Institute, a Chinese-English bilingual journal, was launched.
2007
4月
The Confucius Institute Headquarters Council composed of both Chinese and overseas representatives was founded.
2007
1月
The Confucius Institute Headquarters was set up.
2006
7月
The first Global Confucius Institute Conference was held.
2005
3月
After the signing of cooperation agreements, the Confucius Institutes in Brussels, Belgium and the University of Western Australia were set up as the first Confucius Institutes in Europe and Oceania, respectively.
2004
6月
The Confucius Institute in Seoul, South Korea, was officially established as the first Confucius Institute to start its formal operation.
2004
6月
China started cooperating with foreign institutions to set up Confucius Institutes overseas.
