The Confucius Institute U.S. Center (CIUS Center) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational institution based in Washington D.C. with the mission of fostering people-to-people engagement between China and the United States through educational and cultural exchanges. The CIUS Center supports 110 individual Confucius Institutes across the United States. We advance global education, Chinese language instruction, and cross-cultural understanding through four primary domains: education and professional development, arts and culture, academics and research, and public relations and strategic communications.