In recent years, having oriented itself to retain a firm foothold in Hainan while keeping the entire country in view and spreading its influence to Southeast Asia, the university has brought into full play its advantage of being in the proximity of Hong Kong and Macao and of being a popular destination for Southeast Asian people. The university has actively expanded its academic exchange and cooperation efforts. So far, it has established friendly relations with 35 universities and educational institutions abroad, and has collaborated with 5 universities in student-training. 2009 witnessed the setup in our university of the Southeast Asian Teacher-training Base for the Promotion of Chinese, under the approval of Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters, which is the only main construction base of Hanban in southern China at present.