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Director of CI of Madrid speaks in China-Europe Forum on Reform and Globalization


30 December 2018 | By Li Hui | Copyedited by Li Lei

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wo directors of the Confucius Institute of Madrid co-established by SISU and Autonomous University of Madrid and Casa Asia attended China-Europe Forum on Reform and Globalization held in Madrid, Spain on Nov 22, 2018. Sun Gedi, the Spanish director of the Confucius Institute of Madrid, made a speech in the forum.

In her speech, Sun said China has established eight Confucius Institutes in Spain, emphasizing that China and Spain have kept furthering their communication and cooperation in education and culture. In the past two years, the Confucius Institutes of Madrid dedicated to the cultural communication between the two countries with a joint effort of important local cultural institutions including Cervantes College. More than 60 culture events were held in 2018, with several exhibitions held in cooperation with the Confucius Institutes in other districts of Spain.

The forum, hosted by China Daily, coincides with President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Spain. It was to celebrate the 45th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between China and Spain. It was attended by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, former prime minister of Spain; Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, former NATO secretary-general and former Spanish minister of foreign affairs as well as chairman of the ESADE geo-Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics; and Lyu Fan, China’s ambassador to Spain. The forum’s opening speech was given by Wang Xiaohui, executive deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and deputy head of the Policy Research Center of the CPC Central Committee.

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