Confucius Institute at Russian Far East Federal University says Russians have increased interest in Chinese

China Overseas Network, February 24. According to the Russian satellite news agency, the Information Service of the Russian Far Eastern Federal University said that the records of the school ’s Confucius Institute show that Russians ’interest in Chinese has increased.

The number of people planning to take part in the Russian Proficiency Test and Spoken Chinese Proficiency Test of the Russian Far Eastern Federal University on March 21, 2020 will reach 715, an increase of 160 from 2019.

Natalya Stupnitskaya, Dean of the Confucius Institute at the Russian Far Eastern Federal University, said: "We have found growing interest in learning Chinese. Far Easterners want to maintain long-term friendship and partnership with China and believe in our close neighbors. The difficulties currently faced will be overcome. "

Chinese Proficiency Test and Chinese Proficiency Test Certificates are international certification documents issued by the Ministry of Education to non-native Chinese speakers.