Chinese cultural art, Chinese drama art and types of facial make-up in Beijing opera, Chinese poems and calligraphy... These courses attract the attention of many people because a foreigner opens the institution. Yesterday, Knight Briard from Britain opened "Confucius Institution" in Nanjing Confucius Temple.

According to the introduction by Briard who has been a cultural envoy in China for 13 years, he and his partners will carry out cultural exchange between the east and the west in virtue of the platform of "Confucius Institution". At present, members of summer camps from France and Spain have booked the future courses ahead of schedule. Three years ago, Briard came to Nanjing and an occasional incident made him pat attention to Chinese cultural diffusion.

There were differences between Chinese employees and foreign boss in a foreign-invested auto company. Both complained to Mr. Briard. Mr. Briard started to research in Confucius and Confucianist culture. Mr. Briard said that the harmonious society we sponsored was the core of Confucius philosophy. As the return to Chinese culture, he said he has responsibility to do it.

Mr. Briard said that he was only a founder of Institution. Teachers are scholars of universities and research institutions who know traditional Chinese culture. Courses will adopt bilingual teaching and students are foreigners come from foreign-invested enterprises.