For the purpose of cultivating qualified international Chinese language teachers and facilitating Chinese language education in other countries, the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education (CLEC) established the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship (hereinafter, "Scholarship"). Confucius Institutes, independently operated Confucius Classrooms, certain HSK test centers, Chinese language (education) departments of foreign universities, professional associations for Chinese language education of other countries, Chinese embassies (consulates) abroad (hereinafter, "recommending institutions") may recommend outstanding students and currently-employed Chinese language teachers to study Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages or related majors in Chinese universities and colleges (hereinafter, "host institutions"). As one of the authorized host institutions, Tianjin Normal University (hereinafter, "TNU") hereby posts the application procedures as follows;