De Bao Xu, professor of Chinese, was invited to give a plenary speech at the 2010 International Conference on Chinese Education held at Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China, in July. The title of his talk was "Classics Reading and the Development of One's Power of Expression."

This 46th conference on Chinese education drew more than 900 principals and educators from 26 provinces and regions in Northern China. It was co-sponsored by U.S. Education of Science's Society in Washington, D.C., and the education division of Heilongjiang Province in China.