We are delighted to announce that Education Minister Elizabeth Truss MP has agreed to open this year’s Annual Chinese Teaching Conference.

The Minister visited schools and education centres in China earlier this year to study teaching practice in Shanghai, Wuhan and Beijing.

While in China, the Minister hailed an agreement between Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) and the Institute of Education Confucius Institute for Schools (IOE CI) to set up a major centre of excellence for training UK teachers of Mandarin.
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Our 11th Annual Chinese Conference for Schools takes place in London on Friday 6th Saturday 7th June 2014. It is the largest professional development event of its kind in the UK, specifically for those involved in and interested in teaching Mandarin.

We hope you can join us this June!
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Education Minister Elizabeth Truss observes a Maths lesson in China, February 2014

Madame Xu Lin, Director-General of Hanban, and Elizabeth Truss, UK Education Minister, oversee the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Hanban and IOE, February 2014.
CI Director Katharine Carruthers signs on behalf of IOE, and Deputy Director-General Wang Yongli signs on behalf of Hanban.