With the daily increasing international position of China and continuous deepening of China-Russian relationship, more and more Italians join in Chinese language learning.
With the daily increasing international position of China and continuous deepening of China-Russian relationship, more and more Italians join in Chinese language learning. Rapid development of Chinese teaching is driving a new trend of Chinese language learning in recent years. Journalists met an increasing number of Italians who are proud of saying “I speak Chinese”
Confucius is playing a leading role in teaching Chinese language in Italy. The first Confucius institute was founded at Roma University on September in 2009. In recent two years, students in Confucius institute at Rome University keeps 30% rate of growth, programs of various levels opened 25 to 30 classes in which there are 350 to 400 students every year. in addition, Rome University at Confucius institute is also a site of HSK exams The number of students who go through the test increased from 58 in 2006 to 243 in 2012. So far, there are 10 Confucius institutes have been built in Italy.
Besides Confucius institute, many Italian universities, secondary schools even primary schools set up Chinese language classes. While in Italy, people who learn Chinese mostly are adults and professional technicians, they hope it brings them more opportunities for their work through learning Chinese. The rest Chinese learners are those who are interested in eastern philosophy, art, martial art and traditional medicine， those ones hope walk closer to thousands years long Chinese culture through learning Chinese.
In the yard of China embassy in Italy, there stands a sculpture that Confucius learns truth from Lao-tzu. The philosophical thinking of Confucius and Lao-tzu is symbolic of five thousand year’s culture of China, now it spread to Italy with Chinese language. It is believed that there will be more and more Italians be willing to feel thousand years Chinese culture through learning Chinese.