Chinese language teacher Ruth Njeri from the Confucius Institute in University of Nairobi speaks during the 9th Confucius Institute Conference in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, Dec. 7, 2014. By far, The Confucius Institute have 475 institutes and another 851 Confucius Classrooms in 126 countries or regions worldwide, with 3.45 million registered students in cumulative terms. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)