The five-story CLI Center is home to 18 private classrooms, shared study space, a kitchen and dining area, a recreation room, and 36 private rooms with their own bathrooms on the top three floors. It's a short walk from our university affiliate, Guangxi Normal University (GXNU).
Activities and meals
Every week, CLI runs activities in the CLI Center and around Guilin, planned by our Activities Manager, Summer, often around Chinese holidays, customs and food. Some are included in tuition; for optional ones, CLI passes along the direct costs we incur with no markup.
In addition to an array of weekly cultural activities, CLI also serves a home-cooked lunch every weekday through its optional meal plan, at 20 USD a week or 30 RMB a meal. Common dishes include Sichuan, northern, and local southern specialties, including vegetarian options.
Our teachers and team members
As a top-notch Chinese language school, CLI strives to provide continuous training and a one-of-a-kind work environment for our teaching and administrative team members. Alongside our regular cultural exchange seminars, we hold weekly teachers' meetings to chart student progress, to discuss the importance of employing creative teaching methods, to consider how best to teach Chinese characters, and to evaluate teacher effectiveness. We also offer regular training sessions in spoken English to minimize any possibility of language difficulties between our students and teachers. Ultimately, our most important aim is to create a conducive learning environment for achieving fluency in Mandarin Chinese, as well as bridge cultural differences and form long-lasting friendships among students, team members, and local friends.
Photos of the CLI Center
Please see below for additional photos of CLI's new learning center:
For the Center's latest upgrades, see our 2026 post on the CLI Center renovation.
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