2020年7月，中華人民共和國教育部發布通知，決定將孔子學院總部更名為教育部中外語言交流合作中心，同時不再對外使用「國家漢辦（HANBAN）」的名稱[10][11]。2020年7月5日，教育部中外語言交流合作中心發布公告，宣布該中心自當日起成立。新成立的教育部中外語言交流合作中心不再負責孔子學院品牌和機構運行。此後，孔子學院品牌將由多家高校、企業等發起成立的民間公益組織中國國際中文教育基金會全面負責運行[12]。English
The soft power goals also include assuaging concerns of a "China threat" in the context of the country's increasingly powerful economy and military.[109]
Officials from China have compared Confucius Institutes to language and culture promotion organizations such as Portugal's Instituto Camões, Britain's British Council, France's Alliance Française, Italy's Società Dante Alighieri, Spain's Instituto Cervantes and Germany's Goethe-Institut—several of them named for an iconic cultural figure identified with that country, as Confucius is identified with China.[9] Some commentators argue that, unlike these organizations, many Confucius Institutes operate directly on university campuses, thus giving rise to what they allege to be unique concerns related to academic freedom and political influence, however outside of isolated incidents, any accusation of widespread interference of academic freedom has yet to be substantiated
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The deliberate change could be an effort to delegitimise Xi’s rule.
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