The First Board Meeting of the Confucius Institute at University of Mauritius was held on the 11th December 2017, Xi’an, China and was hosted by Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. The meeting was chaired by Professor Fengmin WU, Chair of ZSTU Council. The members of the Board present were: Professor Zhengrong GAO, Vice-President of ZSTU; Associate Professor Naraindra KISTAMAH, Mauritian Director of CI-UoM; Associate Professor Xudong TAN, Mauritian Director of CI-UoM; Mr Xiang FU, Director of ZSTU International Exchange & Cooperation Office; and Professor Xiaofen JI, Chair of Executive committee and Deputy Dean of ZSTU School of International Education. The other attendees were representatives from ZSTU and they were: Professor Jianping LI, Dean of ZSTU School of International Education; and Ms Jie YU, Staff of ZSTU School of International Education.
Professor Gao Zhengrong, Vice president of ZSTU, gave a warm welcome speech to all the board members. As per the regulations governing the Board, Mr Tan Xudong, Chinese Director of Confucius Institute at UoM presented the Annual and Financial reports of 2017 (Dec 2016-Nov 2017). He highlighted the major achievements of Confucius Institute at University of Mauritius and the expenses incurred. Dr. Kistamah, Mauritian Director, elaborated on the activities carried out in 2017, thanking both universities for the support given to CI-UoM. He hopes that the Confucius Institute at University of Mauritius develops with the strong support from the universities and win the title of “Excellent Confucius Institute”. Professor Wu, Chairman of the Council of ZSTU and the Chair of the Board, spoke highly of the work that CI at UoM has done. He said that CI serves as an important platform to promote the mandarin teaching as well as academic exchange between the two universities.
All the members were given a copy of the annual and financial reports, CI-UoM work plan for 2018 and its corresponding budget. The Board discussed the working plan and the budget for the year 2018. They think the working plan is comprehensive, feasible and reasonable.
The working plan and the budget for the year 2018 were approved by the Board during the meeting.
A copy of the agenda for the First Board Meeting of CI-UoM is available on our website (Restricted Access).
