Universities overseas help draw up plans for expansion

By Cheng Yingqi. Confucius Institutes worldwide are starting to think long-term, with 325 of them already having their own development plans.
On Monday, at the Seventh Confucius Institute Conference in Beijing, more than 300 university presidents took part in a seminar to discuss drawing up such plans for Confucius Institutes globally.
That followed a meeting in 2011 at which the Confucius Institute Headquarters discussed its development plan.
"During the meeting in 2011, we gave some suggestions on the development plan, which included goals to achieve, key projects and some concrete measures. Then we extended some specific terms in the plan, and figured out detailed goals for 2020," said Jing Wei, deputy chief executive of the Confucius Institute Headquarters.
The headquarters published its 2012-20 development plan earlier this year, and encouraged Confucius Institutes to submit their own such plans. Read more...