Immigrate to the Philippines focus on Philippine education: On October 12, Xiamen University and the University of the Philippines held a grand inauguration ceremony for the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines on the UP Diliman campus. This marks the official establishment of the 16th Confucius Institute co-founded by our university and the 4th Confucius Institute in the Philippines.
University President Zhu Chongshi led a delegation to attend the inauguration ceremony and delivered a speech. Attendees included Zhao Jianhua, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Philippines; Alfredo E. Pascual, President of the University of the Philippines; Michael Lim Tan, Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman; Carlos Chan, Honorary President of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Permanent Honorary Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Director of the University of the Philippines Foundation; Congressman Florencio Flores Jr.; Angel Ngu, current President of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Mr. and Mrs. Shao Jianyin, Honorary Presidents of our university's Philippine Alumni Association; Zhan Xinli, Vice President of our university; Mao Tongwen, Director of the Confucius Institute Office; Yu Hongbo, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Division; Wu Jianping, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines; as well as officials from the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines, alumni of our university in the Philippines, and various friends from all sectors of Philippine society.