Inauguration Ceremony of Confucius Institute of the State of Washington

In April 2006, Governor Christine Gregoire proposed to President Hu Jintao who was then visiting Washington State the hope to establish Confucius Institute in Washington State. The newly established Washington State Confucius Institute consists of the Confucius Institute jointly established and managed by Sichuan University and Washington Sate University and the Confucius Institute Teaching Center jointly established by Seattle and Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. After the founding of the institute in Washington State, it will involve in the whole range of kindergarten-to-college Chinese language teaching, training and certification for Chinese language teachers, organizing various kinds of Chinese language and cultural exchange activities, and planning all sorts of cultural promotion activities such as research programs and seminars related to China

The Confucius Institute in Washington State is the third of its kind established and managed in America in collaboration with Sichuan University which will provide vigorous support to the institute in many aspects such as teachers and library materials.