On 9 January, H.E.Ambassador Ren Hongyan paid an engaging visit to the Confucius Institute(CI) at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, being briefed on the management and daily operations of the institution by CI Chinese Director Dr. Chen Xiufeng and Local Director Dr. Nicole Roberts, while carrying out cordial discussions during the time covering the topics of CI’s future development.

Ambassador Ren profoundly acknowledged the efforts and achievements made by the Confucius Institute faculty, underscoring CI’s leading role in promoting Chinese culture and mutual appreciations. Ambassador Ren encouraged the Confucius Institute to keep the momentum of close partnership and extensive consultation, continued to enrich the methodology and create more cultural experience opportunities, leveraging the influence of language and culture, so as to inject robust impetus to the China-T&T friendship and people's amity.

Dr. Roberts and Dr. Chen both extended their gratitude to the Chinese Embassy for shared perspectives and valuable support, ensuring CI’s mission to build bridges of lingual and cultural connectivity, and mutual learning between civilizations. CI directors promised more exploration would be made in advancing the institution’s high-quality progress, with focused areas such as Chinese language learning aligned with career pathways and the integration of digital and smart technology in teaching.