On 29 October 2026, Ambassador Yao Fei met with the Chinese language education team in Kiribati. He received a briefing on the latest development of the Kiribati Confucius Institute and the progress of Chinese language education across Kiribati. Ambassador Yao fully affirmed the team’s work, and encouraged all members to continue making new contributions to advancing bilateral cooperation in Chinese language education and promoting people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries.