Yunnan Normal University (YNNU) is a key normal university of Yunnan Province, with a long history and a great tradition. It is a higher institution co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of Yunnan Province and one of the 100 key universities funded by the National Basic Ability Construction Project of Western and Central China. YNNU consists of 24 schools plus two independent schools and 29 affiliated and cooperatively-run primary and secondary schools and kindergartens. The university has over 32,000 full-time students pursuing doctor’s, master’s and bachelor’s degrees and more than 16,000 students of continuing education. Boasting international visions and modern ideas, YNNU has been designated by the Ministry of Education and the Hanban as one of the ten key universities supporting Chinese teaching in neighbouring countries. It is the Cross-Strait Exchange Centre at the site of the National Southwest Associated University sponsored by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the Chinese Language and Culture Education Base sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) of the State Council, the Teacher Training Base for the International Promotion of Chinese Language, and the TCFL Teacher Training Base for Southeast Asian Countries. It is also one of the first Chinese universities selected by the Chinese government to establish Confucius Institutes abroad and provide government and Confucius Institute scholarships to international students, one of the first National Demonstration Bases for International Education, the Training and Research Centre for Overseas Studies sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the HSK Test Centre, the CSL Test Centre, and one of the universities authorised to enrol students from China’s Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Up to now, YNNU has set up one Confucius Institute, four Confucius Classrooms, and six Chinese Culture Centres abroad, establishing collaborative ties with over 160 overseas universities and research institutes from more than 60 countries and regions such as the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and China’s Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. It houses Yunnan Chinese Language and Culture College, which is the first Chinese language and culture college co-funded by OCAO and the People’s Government of Yunnan Province. The university has enrolled more than 20,000 international students from over 80 countries, with the largest number of international students among Yunnan’s universities.