To mark the 11th anniversary of the Confucius Institute, celebrations took place at Winslow Centre on September 26 and was attended by many special guests including local MLA Linda Reimer, SD43 Board Vice-Chair Kerri Palmer Isaak, Trustees Chuck Denison and Barb Hobson, Superintendent Patricia Gartland, Coquitlam City Councillors Terry O'Neill, Chris Wilson, Bonita Zarrillo, and Consul Yu and Consul Du of the Consulate General of the Peoples' Republic of China in Vancouver.