2019年國際中文教育大會在長沙召開孫春蘭副總理出席開幕式并講話

2019 年國際中文教育大會12 月9 日在長沙開幕，中共中央政治局委員、國務院副總理孫春蘭出席會議并發表主旨演講。

孫春蘭指出，隨著世界多極化、經濟全球化、社會信息化、文化多樣化的深入發展，世界各國相互聯系日益加深，政治、經貿、人文等交流合作更加廣泛。中國在擴大開放中深度融入世界，也為各國發展帶來了機遇，到中國商務合作、學習交流、旅游觀光的人越來越多。語言是溝通交流的橋梁紐帶，各國對學習中文的需求持續旺盛，漢語人才越來越受到歡迎?，F在很多國家將中文納入國民教育體系，在大中小學開設漢語課程，支持企業、社會組織參與中文教育，促進了中外人文交流、文明互鑒和民心相通。

孫春蘭強調，中國政府把推動國際中文教育作為義不容辭的責任，積極發揮漢語母語國的優勢，在師資、教材、課程等方面創造條件，為各國民眾學習中文提供支持。我們將遵循語言傳播的國際慣例，按照相互尊重、友好協商、平等互利的原則，堅持市場化運作，支持中外高校、企業、社會組織開展國際中文教育項目和交流合作，聚焦語言主業，適應本土需求，幫助當地培養中文教育人才，完善國際中文教育標準，發揮漢語水平考試的評價導向作用，構建更加開放、包容、規范的現代國際中文教育體系。

開幕式由教育部副部長田學軍主持，湖南省委書記杜家毫、教育部部長陳寶生分別致辭。陳寶生表示，語言教育是教育事業的重要內容，國際中文教育是世界各國民眾學習中文、了解中國的有效途徑。以孔子學院為龍頭的國際中文教育事業，是中外雙方的共同事業。他重申了孔子學院的宗旨和使命，代表教育部提出未來2-3 年支持國際中文教育的6 項創新舉措，包括積極培養復合型高級國際中文教育人才，創辦國際中文教師學院，增強外派中文教師崗位吸引力，實施精品教材工程，完善國際中文教育系列標準，支持和鼓勵社會各界參與孔子學院建設與國際中文教育工作等。杜家毫向中外代表表示歡迎，總結了湖南省在中外教育人文交流中的成就，表示愿與各界攜手奮進，以語言文化為紐帶，與世界交流，散播友誼的種子，搭建合作的平臺，促進互利共贏。

美國特洛伊大學高級副校長蘭斯·塔特姆、北京語言大學校長劉利、羅馬尼亞布加勒斯特大學中文系主任白羅米、馬達加斯加塔那那利佛大學孔子學院本土教師吳妮、世界漢語教學學會副會長古川裕先后發言。

本次大會以“新時代國際中文教育的創新與發展”為主題，舉辦1 個專題論壇，32 個工作坊，圍繞“中文+職業技能”，國際中文教育政策、標準、師資、教材、教學方法、考試、品牌項目建設，以及深化中外合作等議題討論交流。來自160 多個國家和地區的1000 多名孔子學院和中文教育機構代表參加大會。

On December 9th, Sun Chunlan,Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Vice Premier of China, attended and delivered a keynote speech at the Opening Ceremony of the International Chinese Language Education Conference in Changsha.

Sun pointed out that as the world develops further in multipolarization,economic globalization, information-based society and cultural diversity, countries around the world are of increasingly profound interdependence where exchanges and cooperation in politics, economy and trade as well as culture are more extensive. In this situation, China is deeply integrated into the world with its greater opening-up,bringing opportunities for other countries’ development and attracting more and more people come to China for business cooperation, mutual learning and exchanges, tours and sightseeing.Language is the bridge of communication. Talents with Chinese language skills are becoming increasingly popular thanks to needs to learn the Chinese language among various countries have continued to be strong. To date, many countries have incorporated Chinese into their national education, set up Chinese courses in universities, primary and middle schools, and supported enterprises and social organizations to participate in Chinese language education, promoting exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations and enhancing people-to-people bond.

Also, she stressed in her speech that the Chinese government regards it as a bounden duty to push forward international Chinese language education, and believes the role of the country with Chinese as its mother tongue should be actively leveraged, thereby,providing support for people all over the world to learn Chinese in terms of teachers, teaching materials and courses. In addition, guided by the international practice of language spread,China will stick to market-oriented operation in supporting international Chinese language education programs,exchanges and cooperation carried by institutions of higher education, enterprises and social organizations at home and abroad, based on the principles of mutual respect, friendly negotiation as well as equality and mutual benefit.Such projects will focus on the language itself and local needs, facilitate the training of local Chinese education talents, improve international Chinese language education standards, and give full play to the evaluation-oriented role of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK).That will make modern international Chinese language education system more open, inclusive and standardized.

Du Jiahao, Secretary of Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and Chen Baosheng, Minister of Education delivered their speeches in the opening ceremony chaired by Tian Xuejun,Vice Minister of Education. Chen said,language education is an important part of education, and international Chinese language education is an effective way for people around the globe to learn Chinese and understand China. International Chinese language education, led by the Confucius Institute, needs efforts both from China and foreign countries.He restated the purpose and mission of the Confucius Institute and, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, proposed six innovative measures to support international Chinese language education in the next two to three years, including cultivating compound and high-level international Chinese language education talents, establishing schools for international Chinese language teachers’ training, strengthening the attractiveness of the overseas posting of Chinese language teachers, compiling high-quality teaching textbooks,and improving international Chinese language education standards as well as supporting and encouraging people from all walks of life to engage in the Confucius Institute’s development and international Chinese language education. Du extended welcome to the Chinese and foreign representatives,summarized Hunan’s achievements in international Chinese language education and cultural exchanges. Hunan Province is ready to work with all social circles to communicate with the outside world by language and culture,and to build a platform for cooperation and to sow seeds of friendship, so as to promote mutual benefit and win-win results, he noted.

Participants who also made speeches were Lance Tatum, Senior Vice President of Troy University, Liu Li, President of Beijing language and Culture University, Luminita Rodica Balan, Director of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of the University of Bucharest, ANDRIAMAMONJY Ratsimiseta Oniniaina a local teacher of Institut Confucius de l'Université d’ Antananarivo and Yutaka Furukawa, Vice President of International Society for Chinese Language Teaching.

Themed by “Innovation and Development of International Chinese Education in the New Era”, the conference holds a special forum that focuses on“Chinese + Vocational Skills”, and 32 workshops where participants discuss and exchange ideas on issues, such as,international Chinese language education policies and standards, teachers,textbooks, teaching methods, examinations, brand project construction, as well as deepening cooperation between China and other countries. The conference has attracted over 1,000 representatives from Confucius Institutes and Chinese language education organizations in 160 countries and regions.