Global dreams for Confucius (3)

"First, for the long-term development of Confucius Institutes, we are fostering our main teachers," she said.

Currently, most directors and teachers at the institutions are not tenured professors at the university.

"Especially the directors we sent from China, most of them were college deans before being selected as Confucius Institutes directors. And once they finish their terms at the Confucius Institutes and return home, they break their connections with Confucius Institutes, and they may not have any contact with the Confucius Institutes in their future lives," Xu said.

This year, Hanban and some Chinese universities selected 300 full-time teachers for Confucius Institutes as the backbone of the sustainable development of Confucius Institutes.

"Like diplomats, these teachers will be going outside China constantly, so our Confucius Institutes will finally have a more complete structure," Xu said.

According to Xu, Alliance Francaise, an international organization that promotes the French language and culture around the world, has 12,000 full-time teachers.

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