The Training Center for Chinese Language Teachers, formerly known as College for Teacher Training, is the first institution specialized in TCSL training approved by the Ministry of Education. Since its foundation in 1987, the center has become respected for its qualified teaching, and has been commissioned by governmental agencies such as Hanban, CSC, and OCAO, schools and universities around the world to conduct more than five hundred TCSL projects and studies. The Training Center for Chinese Language Teachers has gained recognition both home and abroad for having trained more than ten thousand Chinese language teachers in over a hundred countries.

　　The training programs comprise the following:

　　· Training for teaching Chinese in international primary and middle schools (customized courses)

　　· Chinese teaching certificate training (customized courses)

　　· Training for new teachers working in China or abroad (customized courses)

　　· Advanced professional training for veteran Chinese teachers working in China or abroad (customized courses)

　　· Advanced methodology for foreign Chinese language teachers

　　· Chinese language competence for foreign Chinese language teachers (customized courses)

　　· Certification for international Chinese language teaching

　　· Continuing education and Chinese studies for Chinese teachers in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.