By the end of 20 18, the number of Chinese learners in the world will exceed1500,000, and the demand for teachers of Chinese as a foreign language will be at least 5 million. By the end of 20 15, the number of Chinese learners that can be met by Confucius Institutes in the world is only 655,000, and by the end of 20 15, the number of Chinese learners that can be met is 65.438+0.5 million, which is far from meeting the market demand of 65.438+0.5 billion. By the end of 20 13, the cumulative number of Chinese teachers in Confucius Institutes around the world was only18,000, and it will reach 50,000 by 2020, while the global demand for foreign teachers is at least 5 million. It can be seen that there will be a serious shortage of teachers of Chinese as a foreign language for a long time to come!