Confucius Institute’s Role in Chinese Language Development in Indonesia: A Site Study at State University of Malang

China and Indonesia signed a joint declaration on strategic relations, which aims to strengthen bilateral educational cooperation, actively carry out the programs on training exchanges and promote language teaching of both countries. One of the ways is by collaborating to teach Chinese language in Indonesia through the Confucius Institute. State University of Malang is one of the universities that collaborates with the Confucius Institute. The role of the Confucius Institute in the development of learning Chinese language at the State University of Malang is to help manage finances in a transparent manner, the process of recruiting human resources or teachers, learning materials, and being actively involved in all activities carried out at the Chinese Language Center of the State University of Malang. The study presents a detailed review of the development of Confucius Institutes over the past decade. The difficulties faced in the process as well as the solutions are included. The role of Confucius Institutes in the process of Chinese language development in Indonesia is highlighted.