J. F. Oberlin University conferred an honorary doctoral degree on Ms. Xu Lin in Beijing, China, on April 28. Ms. Xu is the chief executive at the Confucius Institute Headquarters and the director general of Hanban in the People’s Republic of China. Ms. Xu has made a great contribution to friendship and academic advancement between Japan and China. Especially, she has made a significant mark on cultural and academic exchange between P. R. China and countries all over the world as well as having played a big role in J. F. Oberlin University’s Chinese language education.