This report covers the "Global Perspectives on the History of World Chinese Language Education: An International Academic Symposium" held in Beijing in late September 2025. Over 100 scholars from China, Germany, France, Japan, the United States, Italy, and other countries attended the event, which featured four sub-forums and a youth forum, generating widespread impact. In October of the same year, the Center for Language Education and Cooperation under the Ministry of Education, the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, and Yunnan Normal University jointly organized an academic review symposium in Kunming for the "International Chinese Language Education Research Column" of 34 journals. On April 22, the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, in collaboration with the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, released the "Core Journal Directory for International Chinese Language Education," which for the first time included 20 high-level journals. The directory will be updated every two years going forward. These three events indicate that "International Chinese Language Education Research" is a significant direction in Sinology studies. Learning Chinese marks the beginning of Sinology, starting with the self-education of missionaries. Alessandro Valignano proposed that missionaries should adapt to Chinese cultural customs and learn Chinese to carry out missionary work, with Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci becoming the earliest missionaries to implement this plan. When missionaries learned Chinese, phonetic annotation of Chinese characters was a foundational task. Ricci's "Xizi Qiji" was once considered the earliest Chinese text annotated with Roman letters, but it was later discovered that the "Portuguese-Chinese Dictionary" co-compiled by Ruggieri and Ricci was earlier. The emergence of these dictionaries represented a cognitive leap for Europeans, providing tools for Westerners to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese history and culture. Subsequently, missionaries improved the system for recording Chinese pronunciation using the Latin alphabet, establishing the earliest transliteration standards. Nicolas Trigault, with the support of Wang Zheng, published the phonetic dictionary "Xiru Ermu Zi." Researchers analyzed different dictionary phonetic systems from a linguistic perspective, continuously improving the accuracy of phonetic transliteration. Scholars and the imperial court during the Ming and Qing dynasties noted the originality of Chinese character phonetic annotation and dictionaries, including works such as "Xiru Ermu Zi" in the "Siku Quanshu." A research team has compiled and photocopied over 20 dictionaries from Ming and Qing manuscript copies, which are soon to be published, with the hope of advancing early historical research in international Chinese language education. American Sinologist John W. Witek quoted applied lexicography expert Peter W. Wagstaff, emphasizing the importance of dictionaries. These handwritten or hand-copied dictionaries and phonetic works are like dust-covered mirrors, reflecting historical images. Through the history of Chinese language education, one can uncover pathways through history. Linguistics and Chinese language education can be viewed through the lens of social and cultural studies to observe cultural exchanges between China and the West during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Today, for international Sinology students at Chinese universities, learning Chinese is the primary task, but the ultimate goal is to understand China's history and philosophy and gain a profound understanding of the country.