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Speech by H.E. Ambassador Liu Xiaoming At the UK Confucius Institute National Conference 刘晓明大使在全英孔子学院大会上的讲话 Portcullis House, 14 September 2011 2011年9月14日，伦敦新议会大厦 Mr Lindsay Hoyle, Mr Wang Yongli, Mr Mark Hendrick, Professor Martin Earwicker, Ladies and Gentlemen, 尊敬的英国议会副议长林赛·霍伊尔先生， 尊敬的中国国家汉办副主任王永利先生， 尊敬的英国议会中国小组主席马克·亨德里克先生， 尊敬的伦敦南岸大学校长马丁·艾尔维克教授， 女士们、先生们： It’s a real delight for me to be with you again today. Let me first express my warm thanks to the organisers of this UK Confucius Institute National Conference. These are the All Party Parliamentary China Group and London South Bank University. It is your support that has brought the conference to such a distinguished and unique location, the British Parliament. My thanks also go to Han Ban for leading the effort for Mandarin promotion in Britain. This UK Confucius Institute National Conference embodies the important task of building deep, lasting and long term Sino-UK understanding. Creating that kind of understanding will be won in schools and universities. So, I appreciate very much this opportunity to share my thoughts with university and school leaders. It is they who have done so much to promote Mandarin teaching here in Britain. 很高兴出席全英孔子学院大会，与全英国从事汉语教学和支持汉语教学的院长和校长们齐聚一堂。首先，我要感谢此次会议的主办方——英国议会跨党派中国小组和伦敦南岸大学，使得此次会议能在英国议会这样一个特殊的地点举行。同时，我也要感谢中国国家汉办多年来对在英推广汉语的重视和支持。 In my 18 months in the UK, I have attended many cultural activities. Among them, events related to Mandarin promotion, Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms have always been a priority for me. Whenever my schedule allows, I will always turn up and take part! 我出任中国驻英国大使已是一年半有余，出席过中英之间举办的各种文化活动，其中事关汉语推广、孔子学院和孔子课堂的活动，我不仅是优先参加，而且有请必到。 In fact, the first event I attended as Chinese Ambassador to the UK was the UK preliminary for the ‘Ninth Chinese Bridge Competition.’ As you may know, this is a highly successful global contest organised by Han Ban. Then last September, I spoke at the Second Joint Conference of European Confucius In