In the summer of 2011, he traveled with other Tennessee legislator on a trip to China paid for in part by the Hanban.
The Queen's School is the only independent school in the north of England to be recognised and designated "Advanced Confucius Classroom" status by Hanban for excellence in teaching Mandarin Chinese.
In 2006 the trust established the world’s first school-based Confucius Institute, in partnership with the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) The SSAT Confucius Institute now has a network of 34 Confucius Classrooms in schools, specialising in the teaching of Mandarin Chinese.
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