(english.cnhubei.com) Wuhan University signed an agreement with Universite de Paris 7 in France to jointly establish a Chinese language learning college in Paris.
The Chinese language learning college, known as Confucius College, named after the world-renown Chinese philosopher Confucius, is the first college of this kind China has set up in Paris.
The college is an institution to promote the education and exchange of Chinese language and culture. Wuhan University will send experts to take part in the teaching and administration.
Present of Universite de Paris 7 led a delegation to Wuhan recently and made a two-day visit. The Universite has Chinese learning a department of and it is one of the overseas sites for the Chinese Proficiency Test set up by China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.
The first overseas Confucius College was opened in Seoul, SouthKorea in 2004.