Confucius Institute at North Carolina State University is a cooperativeproject of North Carolina State University, National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Han Ban) and Nanjing Normal University in China.

       The goal of the Confucius Institute is to enhance intercultural understanding in the U.S. by sponsoring programs in Chinese language and culture. NC State’s institute will promote the mission through a range of educational and outreach activities to students, teachers, businesses, and community members. The institute will contribute to the expansion of Chinese language instruction at NC State and in North Carolina schools, enrich cultural opportunities and help North Carolina businesses understand and compete in the Chinese market.

Organization

The CI Council:

Council Chair: Wang Jian（Vice President of NNU）

Vice Chair of the Council: Bailian Li（Vice Provost of NCSU）

Members： Wang Jian, Larry A. Nielsen, Bailian Li, Betsy E. Brown,  Wu Yidong, Sarah Hall Cao,  Xu Keqian。

Academic Advisory Committee
            Tom Rufty, Department of Crop Science,
            Jim Moyer, Department of Plant Pathology (alternate)
             Zhao-Bang Zeng, Bioinformatics and Statistics (alternate)
             Jonathan Ocko, Department of History
             Neil Schmid, Department of Religion
             Sarah Warren (2007-8), Forestry and Environmental Resources, for 
             Yu-Fai Leung (on sabbatical 2007-8), Parks Recreation and Tourism Management
             Art Rice, Associate Dean
             Rob Handfield, College of Management
             Xiangwu Zhang, Textile Engineering Chemistry and Science
             Raymond Ting, Curriculum, Instruction & Counselor Education
             Candy Beal, Curriculum, Instruction & Counselor Education
             Zhilin Li, Mathematics

The Confucius Institute

Director:  Dr. Betsy Brown

Deputy Director:  Dr. Keqian Xu

Deputy Director:  Sarah Hall Cao

Program Coordinator:  Guanglin Dai