On September 29, a delegation from Qilu Normal University paid a visit to the Confucius Institute in Edmonton. This delegation included five people and was led by Professor Zhang Fujian, the Vice President.
The delegation came to Canada to attend the official launch of the Centre for Chinese Studies at Concordia University of Edmonton, which is partnered with Qilu Normal University. Although their schedule was very tight, they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to visit CIE.
Dr. Wei Li toured the delegation around CIE facilities and provided them with a brief introduction about CIE’s history, development and its future direction. Some discussions followed the presentation. The delegates also had the opportunity to meet with Chinese visiting teachers of CIE.
During the visit, the CIE dance teacher Jinjin Du displayed a Chinese dance accompanied with accordion music played by professor of music He Yan, from Qilu Normal University.
All the delegates were impressed with the CIE’s achievements in the past nine years.