
Joe Wong performs Talk Show on the opening ceremony of the 6th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) in Boston, the United States, April 8, 2013. NCLC is the largest annual gathering of practitioners, policymakers and school leaders with an interest in Chinese language teaching and learning in North America. More than 1,200 American officials, education experts and Chinese language teachers participated in the conference. (Xinhua/Deng Jian)

Xu Lin, chief executive of the Confucius Institute Headquarters and director-general of the Office of Chinese Language Council International, delivers a speech on the opening ceremony of the 6th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) in Boston, the United States, April 8, 2013. NCLC is the largest annual gathering of practitioners, policymakers and school leaders with an interest in Chinese language teaching and learning in North America. More than 1,200 American officials, education experts and Chinese language teachers participated in the conference. (Xinhua/Deng Jian)

Ishan Paranjpe and Manish Paranjpe perform Bamboo Clapper on the opening ceremony of the 6th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) in Boston, the United States, April 8, 2013. NCLC is the largest annual gathering of practitioners, policymakers and school leaders with an interest in Chinese language teaching and learning in North America. More than 1,200 American officials, education experts and Chinese language teachers participated in the conference. (Xinhua/Deng Jian)

Chinese Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping makes a speech on the opening ceremony of the 6th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) in Boston, the United States, April 8, 2013. NCLC is the largest annual gathering of practitioners, policymakers and school leaders with an interest in Chinese language teaching and learning in North America. More than 1,200 American officials, education experts and Chinese language teachers participated in the conference. (Xinhua/Deng Jian)