On the 29th of April in Centre of Oriental studies in Vilnius University, Centre for Asian Studies (CAS) and Confucius Institute at Vilnius University CI VU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. By doing so, a formal cooperation between the two institutions was initiated. The Memorandum was signed by Dr. Aurelijus Zykas on behalf of CAS and by Prof. Zhang Donghui and Prof. Audrius Beinorius, the two directors of CI VU. “This Memorandum is a new and big step forward in the course of cooperation.” – said A. Zykas. “Confucius Institute has many resources which make the teaching and learning Chinese much easier. Vytautas Magnus university is in a great need of such specialists, especially for language teaching”. The Memorandum enabled the installation of Chinese Teaching Point of Chinese language in VMU. Teacing Point is mainly aimed at Chinese language teaching. This is the second year since he cooperation between the two institutions was started practically. At the moment, there are two Chinese teachers in VMU, provided by CI VU. According to different calculations, at least 3 full-time Chinese teachers will be needed by the next year.

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