On 10 June 2014, Mr. WANG Yongli, deputy Secretary General of Hanban and Confucius Institute Headquarters, paid a visit to the Confucius Institute for Business London (CIBL). Accompanying Mr. WANG were the director of Hanban UK, Mr. CHENG Tongdu and Hanban experts Dr. XU Yinong and Mrs. FANG Jing. UK director Nick Byrne, China director Prof. LUO Lisheng and all the CIBL staff received this special visit at the new CIBL offices located on the 3rd Floor of Tower 3, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
UK director Nick Byrne briefed deputy Secretary General of Hanban and Confucius Institute Headquarters Mr. WANG Yongli on CIBL’s recent work including CIBL’s office move, preparation for the Confucius Institute Day in September and the planned joint-hosting of the Chinese propaganda poster exhibition in London. Mr. WANG Yongli expressed his thanks to LSE for relocating CIBL’s office and his satisfaction about CIBL’s recent work and development. He hopes that CIBL will continue to develop with its special features, provide high-quality business Chinese teaching to the local communities in London including banking, finance, and enterprises and deepen the cooperation between LSE and Tsinghua University.