Ten Years of Malang Confucius Institute in Promoting Chinese Language and Culture in Indonesia Higher Education: Its Development and Challenge

Abstract

The development of Chinese language learning in Indonesia, which is currently very rapid, isa result of the hard work carried out by the Confucius Institute (CI). Within ten years, the CI has spread its wings to various regions of Indonesia, including Malang. CI Malang was founded in collaboration between Universitas Negeri Malang in Indonesia and Guangxi Normal University in China. The CI Malang became a branch of the CI established by Guangxi Normal University overseas. Although the impact that CI has had on the Chinese language and culture is great, there are several challenges faced by CI, such as the difficulties adapting to Indonesia’s diverse culture, the absence of a Chinese learning curriculum owned by Indonesia, and differences in the digitalization system Indonesian and Chinese. These challenges can motivate CI to successfully adapt to local conditions and fully play its role as a language and culture bridge to achieve sustainable and innovative development and build a better platform for cultural exchanges and friendly exchanges between China and Indonesia.