Sustainable Development of C.I. Under BRI-Based on the C.I. at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of the research is to clarify what makes “sustainability” possible in Confucius Institute (C. I.) development when facing the challenging as well as opportunities in the international background, especially under the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI). It explores the strategies of ensuring the long-term possibility of achieving the goal of C.I. world widely, which is to teach Chinese language and to promote culture exchange between different cultures. The study concerns 3 dimensions of supportive elements: basically, management support of universities at home and abroad plays the essential role in the evolution of C.I.; furthermore, based on the links with the education section at different levels, expanding teaching branches brings stable and massive learners of Chinese language for C.I.; Finally, teaching quality control is the cornerstone of C.I. as an international exchange platform. Collectively, the research will be based on the analysis of C.I. at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu in Romania to discuss the “sustainable development” under B&R initiative. Based on literature review and comparative research, the study will first review the literature and the background of BRI. In the second part, support from the two sides of cooperation in building C.I. and strategies concerning the expansion of teaching branches of C.I. with the link between C.I. and different levels of education section will be discussed. In the third part, last but not the least, detailed research will be done on the teaching quality control. Therefore, we may finally assume that the sustainable development of C.I. can’t be realized if any of the above condition is missed.