From December 10th to 11st, the 11th Confucius Institute Conference was held in Kunming, Yunnan Province. Mrs.  Yandong Liu, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council and chairman of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, attended the ceremony and delivered speeches to the Confucius Institutes, and presented awards to the advanced individuals and advanced units of the worldwide Confucius Institutes. CINB was awarded the "Advanced Confucius Institute". In this conference, 25 advanced Confucius Institutes and 5 advanced Confucius Classrooms were commended. CINB is the only awarding institution in Canada.

At the opening ceremony, Mr. Roger Lord, a distinguished student of CINB, and his Chinese partner，who is a flute professor Mr. Qiang Zheng, played a classic Chinese song The Flowing Stream together. The wonderful performance won applauses. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Roger Lord shared his experience of learning Chinese as a advanced student of Confuse institute. His speech made more than 2,400 representatives from over 140 countries and regions moved.

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