Zhang Xinsheng, Chinese Vice Minister of Education, addresses the opening of the first Chinese Teaching Conference in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, January 11, 2006. About 1,000 delegates of educational circles from Thailand attended the conference, which aimed at promoting the Chinese language teaching and learning in the country.

 

 

A Thai pupil shows Chinese calligraphy outside the meeting place of the first Chinese Teaching Conference in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, January 11, 2006.

 

 

A Thai teacher looks at various Chinese teaching materials outside the meeting place of the first Chinese Teaching Conference in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, January 11, 2006. 

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 12, 2006)