Content of Confucius Institute in America

According to the State Council's notice, teachers who teach Chinese and culture in the College enter the country with a J- 1 visa (Note: J- 1 visa is a non-immigrant visa for foreigners to apply for study and teaching activities in the United States as exchange students or visiting scholars). Although the teachers of Confucius Institute came to the United States as teachers and researchers, they taught primary and junior high school students, which violated J-.

The circular also stated that "in order to ensure that the education of Confucius Institutes meets and maintains appropriate standards, Confucius Institutes must apply for accreditation from the United States", and "it is not clear whether these Confucius Institutes have been accredited from the United States in the preliminary examination in the State Council, the United States".

The State Council's intention to ban the Confucius Institute is obvious, because the Confucius Institute itself does not count as credits, does not award degrees, and does not have the premise of certification. So far, American officials have never stated to whom the Confucius Institute should be accredited, and they have never heard that American cultural exchange institutions, such as Goethe Institute in Germany and the French Union in France, must be accredited by the United States.