【正确答案】　　I am glad to be here at the founding ceremony of Confucius Institute at your university. I would like to thank you for co-hosting this project with China. Since the reform and opening-up, China has had closer relations with the international community. In turn, the international community also has greater attention on China. More and more foreign people want to learn Chinese. To meet with is huge demand, the Chinese government opened the first Confucius Institute through working together with overseas university. The practice has been proven successful. 　　Within a short period of 10 years, China has already opened 440 Confucius Institute and 646 Confucius classrooms in 120 countries and regions. By the end of 2013, some 850,000 people studied Chinese in Confucius Institutes. 28,000 teachers from China and local communities taught at Confucius Institutes. As a platform to promote education and culture, Confucius Institute greatly facilitates the mutual understanding and friendship between China and countries concerned. 　　People may want to know why this institution specializing in Chinese language teaching is called Confucius Institute? Confucius is a great Chinese thinker and educationist more than two thousand years ago. He advocated a whole set of moral behavioral code that had influence on Chinese people of many generations. He, in particular, stressed on providing people with all-round education and maintained that everyone has the right to receiving education. It is fair to say Confucius plays a key role in shaping Chinese civilization. The Chinese government names this institution after Confucius to indicate our respect to this Chinese ancient sage and our strong wishes to share Chinese culture with other countries. 　　This year marks the tenth anniversary for Confucius Institute. Your decision of co-hosting Confucius Institute with Chinese government will not only meet the demand for people in your country to learn Chinese, but also further your exchanges with Chinese universities and make contribution to the communication between our two countries. I believe that under the concerted effort of our two parties, the Confucius Institute will be more successful and serve as an important portal for knowing China.