On 1 April 2015 a visit was made to the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) in Beijing by Prof. Paul Kelly, LSE vice president and the director of the CIBL Steering Group, Nick Byrne, CIBL UK director, Dr. Catherine Xiang, LSE Asian Languages Coordinator and Craig Meegan, CIBL office manager. Director Mdm. Xu Lin met with Prof. Kelly and Nick and exchanged views on the CIBLs work the overall development of Confucius Institutes. Prof. Kelly appreciated Hanban’s supports to CIBL, and expressed a desire to continue with further cooperation and communication in the future. Mdm. Xu Lin expressed her satisfaction with the work and development of CIBL and thanked Prof. Kelly for the support and help which LSE has given to CIBL.