On October 21, 2021, the Joint Conference of Confucius Institutes in Western European French-speaking Countries was held at the Confucius Institute in Pau, France. Minister Yu Jinsong of the Chinese Embassy in France attended the opening ceremony of the joint conference and delivered a speech. The conference was hosted by the Confucius Institute in Pau. Representatives of 18 Confucius Institutes from France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg attended the conference.