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Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters, as a public institution affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education, is committed to providing Chinese language and cultural teaching resources and services worldwide, and it goes all out in meeting the demands of foreign Chinese learners and contributing to the development of multiculturalism and the building of a harmonious world.

Main functions:

-To make policies and development plans for promoting Chinese language internationally

-To support Chinese language programs at educational institutions of various types and levels in other countries

-To draft international Chinese teaching standards and develop and promote Chinese language teaching materials

Renmin University of China is a research-oriented comprehensive university focusing on humanities and social sciences. It is directly under the Ministry of Education of China and is jointly financed and supported by China's Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal government. It can be traced back to Shanbei Public School, founded in 1937 in the midst of Anti-Japanese War. Later it became the North China United University, and then North China University. On December 16th, 1949, advised by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the 11th Administrative Meeting of the National Administration Council passed “The Resolution on the Establishment of Renmin University of China”. On October 3rd, 1950, the North China University was renamed as Renmin University of China. It was the first modern university founded by the People's Republic of China. Eminent educationalists Prof. Wu Yuzhang, Prof. Cheng Fangwu, Prof. Yuan Baohua, Prof. Huang Da, Prof. Li Wenhai, Prof. Ji Baocheng and Prof. Chen Yulu were presidents of the university successively. The current President is Prof. Liu Wei. Dr. Jin Nuo is the incumbent Chairwoman of the University Council.

In over 70 years of history, from Shanbei Public School to Renmin University of China, more than 200,000 talents were trained and more than 4000 foreign students studied at this university. Today, Renmin University of China has developed a multi-dimensional and multi-level teaching and research structure, encompassing undergraduate education, graduate education, and adult education to cultivate all kinds of high-level talents. Renmin University of China is now on the way to build itself into a world-class university with distinctive features and major international influence.