Confucius Institute, the cooperation between Zhejiang Gongshang University and Howest of Belgium was officially established on April 19th, 2012. Liu Yandong, State Councilor and member of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee at that time, attended the inauguration ceremony and made a speech. Since the establishment of CI, the teaching of Chinese has been extended and a variety of activities aiming at spreading Chinese culture has been organized, such as the preliminary and final contest of“Chinese Bridge” in Belgium, Spring Festival Gala, as well as the“China Day”. In 2016, "Belt and Road Initiative" Cultural seminar, Joint Conference of European Confucius Institute and the Fourth Confucius Institute Board Meeting were successfully held by means of Confucius Institute.