Confucius Institute is a multilingual journal series sponsored by Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban).
In March 2009, the Chinese-English version of Confucius Institute was first published. Madame Liu Yandong, then Chinese State Councilor and Chairwoman of the Council of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, wrote the foreword for the journal to express her earnest expectation that Confucius Institute would become “a bridge of heart-to-heart communication, a spiritual bridge and an information bridge” between Chinese people and peoples of various countries who love Chinese language and culture.
In order to enrich its content, broaden its international perspectives, and meet various demands in different countries for learning Chinese language and understanding Chinese culture, many other bilingual versions of Confucius Institute successively have begun publications since 2010, including Chinese-Spanish, Chinese-French, Chinese-Russian, Chinese-Japanese, Chinese-Korean, Chinese-Thai, Chinese-Arabic, Chinese-German, Chinese-Italian, Chinese-Portuguese, etc. The Editorial Office at the Confucius Institute Headquarters and overseas Confucius Institutes have worked together to produce innovative ideas, enrich the content of the journal and improve its quality. Thanks to their efforts, the 11 bilingual versions of Confucius Institute have become complementary to each other and presented respective regional characteristics, jointly offering a panoramic view of the development of Confucius Institutes all over the world, the international promotion of Chinese language, and the rapid spreading of Chinese culture.