2013 Confucius Institute Asian Joint Conference was held on May 29 in the capital of Cambodian Phnom Penh, Cambodian Prime Minister, Hunsen and Director of Hanban, Madam XuLin attended the opening ceremony. Kathmandu University registrar Prof. Dr. Bhadra Man Tuladhar and Prof. Dr. Wang Shengli attended the conference.
The conference's main theme is to implement “Development Plan of Confucius Institute (2012-2020)”. It consists of four topics: (1) Implementation of the missions and targets set for 2015 in the Development Plan of CI; (2) Reinforcing the building of Confucius Institute teachers’ team; (3) Preparation of activities for the 10th Anniversary of Confucius Institute in 2014; (4) Implementation of the “Confucius China Study Plan”.
During the conference, representatives from CIKU reported the work of CIKU to Hanban leaders and officials, who said they are satisfied with the current state of CIKU, and timely "Window to CIKU" is conducive to the Confucius Institute Headquarters to learn and understand latest development of CIKU.
Currently our Confucius Institute has fixed curriculum, and teachers also have their own tasks, all teachers have made their corresponding syllabus and teaching schedule. More than 160 KU students are taught Chinese, with the beginning of new semester, more graduate students and undergraduate students will be benefit from learning Chinese in CIKU.