Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow

First Inspector General for Chinese Language Education at the French Ministry of Education; doctoral supervisor at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO); first President of the European Association for Chinese Language Teaching. Former Vice President of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching. Founder and Honorary President of the French Association of Chinese Language Teachers. Former chief editor of the national curriculum for Chinese language teaching in primary and secondary education in France, and responsible for the development of examination standards for Chinese language teacher certification, as well as for the evaluation and recruitment of Chinese teaching staff nationwide.

He has successively served as chief editor of more than 40 monographs, including A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing, A Guide to the Use of Chinese Grammar, Studies in Chinese Language Education in France, and Intercultural Chinese Language Pedagogy. In addition, he has published more than 140 academic articles and developed the MOOCs Introductory Chinese and Dongba Script.

Honors include the “Chinese Language and Culture Friendship Award” (2003), the Special Contribution Award of China Book Publishing (2015), the Huilin Culture Award (2017), and appointment as International Advisor to China Publishing Group (2017). He was awarded the rank of Commander in the Ordre des Palmes Academiques (France, 2014) and Officer in the Order of Arts et Lettres (France, 2015).

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First published: 21 April 2026