Xinhua reported that Hanban, the headquarters of the Confucius Institute, In collaboration with Columbia University, held an opening ceremony for the Confucius Institute. The ceremony was held at Columbia University on April 9, 2013. Xu Ling, the Director of Han Ban, Lee C. Bollinger, the university president, Chen Yulu, President of Renmin University of China, as well as Dong Xiaojun, consul-general of the Chinese Consulate General in New York, attended and spoke at the ceremony.
Source: People’s Daily, April 10, 2013
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