Open AccessCultural Institutes and Their Role in Society
Author(s) -
Qian Liu,
Qi Zhao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
management of sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2247-0220
pISSN - 2066-9380
DOI - 10.1515/msd-2016-0006
Subject(s) - enabling , civilization , globalization , government (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , political science , action (physics) , comprehension , cultural diversity , cultural globalization , public relations , sociology , economic growth , psychology , economics , history , law , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist , archaeology
Culture is “driver and enabler of sustainable development”. In the context of globalization, cultural exchanges are increasing, the role of language as a carrier of culture is more and more evident. Many countries even include it in the national strategy, and it became an important government action. Confucius Institute is an important platform for Sino-foreign cultural exchanges and mutual learning”. And the same of the other cultural institutes which have been mentioned in this paper. They are all playing a role of the international community civilization messenger, they are bridges to connect the native countries and abroad, they are Culture Ambassadors who help the comprehension and cooperation among people and countries.