On December 9 2023, the opening ceremony of the 14th National Convention and Chinese Education Conference of Chinese School Association in the United States (CSAUS) was held in Columbus, Ohio. Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng, Governor of Ohio Mike DeWine and Columbus City Council sent congratulatory letters to the event respectively. Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping, former Governor of Missouri Bob Holden, Director of National East Asian Languages Resource Center at the Ohio State University Galal Walker and Provost of Franklin University Christopher Washington attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Deputy Consul General Wu Xiaoming attended the event. Nearly 500 participants, including representatives from Chinese schools across the U.S. and from other countries attended the Convention.

Ambassador Xie Feng pointed out in his congratulatory letter that overseas Chinese language education is an important platform for promoting mutual understanding of civilizations and people-to-people communication between China and the rest of the world. Chinese language education in the U.S. has nurtured many community leaders and social elites who have integrated Chinese and American cultures. It is hoped that CSAUS will continue to promote the sound development of Chinese language education in the United States and make greater contributions to the friendship between the Chinese and American public.

Consul General Huang Ping said in his speech that Chinese language education in the U.S. is an important platform for promoting mutual understanding, appreciation and friendship between Chinese and American peoples. The important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and President Biden in San Francisco on strengthening people-to-people exchange has brought new opportunities for Chinese language education in the U.S. It is hoped that the participants will as always promote Chinese culture, people-to-people exchange, mutual understanding and friendship, so as to contribute to the steady and sustained growth of China-U.S. relations.

CSAUS was founded in 1994, with more than 400 member Chinese schools in all 50 states. The conference was held for three days from December 8 to 10, during which Chinese educators from all over the U.S. and other countries had in-depth exchanges on the challenges and opportunities of Chinese language education, the development of Chinese schools, curriculum and practice of teaching to explore the way of the future development of overseas Chinese language education.