On 23 April 2014, the third meeting of the Advisory Council of the Confucius Institute for Business London was held in Tsinghua University, Beijing. Chaired by Prof. Xie Weihe, vice president of Tsinghua University and chairman of the Advisory Council, the meeting was attended by Mr.Wang Yongli, deputy director general of Hanban, Mr.Charles Haswell, group head of Regulatory Policy and Strategy, head of China Affairs, HSBC, Mr. Angelo Amorelli, vice president for Science and Technology, BP, Sir. Thomas Harris, vice chairman of Standard Chartered Asia, Mr.Adrian Harley, director of John Swire & Son (HK) and China representative, Mr.David Percival, managing director China of Deloitte LLP, and Prof. Paul Kelly, vice president of LSE.
A video about CIBL’s eight-year history was shown and then followed by a work report about CIBL’s performance and new developments over the past two years’ was presented by Mr. Nick Byrne, CIBL’s UK director, Prof. Lisheng Luo, CIBL’s China director, Dr.Hong Lu and Mr. Craig Meegan,. The members of the Advisory Council reviewed the work report and expressed their approval of CIBL’s past work and achievements and then gave their suggestions for its future development.
At the same meeting, the signing ceremony for the agreement renewal of the Confucius Institute for Business London between the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban was held in Tsinghua University. Prof. Paul Kelly, vice president of LSE and Mr.Wang Yongli, deputy director general of Hanban signed the agreement.
2014年4月23日，伦敦商务孔子学院顾问委员会在北京清华大学举行了第三届工作会议。顾委会听取了伦敦商务孔子学院团队的综合报告；英方院长Nick、中方院长罗立胜教授，以及卢红博士和Craig Meegan先生从不同的角度汇报了两年来CIBL的工作情况以及新的进展。会议上还播放了CIBL的8年历程宣传片。顾委会成员对孔院过去两年的工作给予了充分的肯定，并对CIBL的今后发展提出了积极的建议。参加本年度的顾委会委员有国家汉办王永利副主任、汇丰银行Charles Haswell总监、英国石油公司科技副总裁 Angelo Amorelli先生、渣打银行Thomas Harris爵士，太古集团香港地区主席、北京区全权代表Adrian Harley先生、德勤会计事务所北京区执行主席David Percival先生，伦敦政经学院副校长Paul Kelly教授。清华大学副校长、顾委会主席谢维和教授主持了这次会议。
在这次会议上国家汉办王永利副主任和LSE副校长Paul Kelly教授签署了“孔子学院总部/国家汉办与英国伦敦政治经济学院续签伦敦商务孔子学院合作协议”。