At present, more than 30 million foreigners around the world are learning Chinese. The Ministry of Education of China plans to open 100 Confucius Institutes around the world, aiming to make the number of foreigners learning Chinese reach 10 billion by 20 10. So far, China has established 32 Confucius Institutes in 23 countries.
Chinese teaching is not unique in foreign training. Soft power emphasizes intangible attraction, and various foreign-related trainings have mushroomed, attracting countless foreigners.
These trainings are organized by government departments, universities, enterprises and even temples. Training areas include media, economic management and military affairs.
"China is not what I expected at all. The roads in Beijing are wide and there are many high-end cars. Many people in China have high-tech products such as computers and mobile phones. " Yuni, a student of Tsinghua University Hanwen class, came to China and found that Chinese food was delicious, and China people were particularly enthusiastic. A year later, she introduced her sister to study in China. Yuni hopes to be a Chinese-Korean translator in the future.
Yuni represents countless foreigners who have changed their understanding of China through training. The education they received in China experienced China culture and the peaceful development of China, thus forming a correct understanding of China.
At the beginning of this year, Kenyan media reported the China Spring Festival travel rush craze, saying that thousands of people in China could not get on the train, which made people feel that China was an underdeveloped country without modernization. Arganda, executive deputy editor of Kenyan Sunday National Daily, said with deep feelings after coming to China for training in March: "Only when I came here in person did I find it completely different."
It is precisely because education can generate recognition of values that Li Xiguang, who was a lecturer at the African Journalists' Seminar for three times, paid special attention to the role of education and training. He believes that most of the participants in short-term training courses for foreigners are elites from foreign societies, such as newspaper editors, TV presenters and government spokespersons. Such short-term training will directly affect the core circle and elite circle of a country.