Chinese Deputy Consul General in Chicago Yu Peng (5th R, Front) poses for a group photo with awarded excellent teachers at the 12th annual convention of the Chinese School Association in the United States (CSAUS) in St. Louis of Missouri state, the United States, Dec. 15, 2018. The Chinese School Association in the United States kicked off its 12th annual convention on Saturday here in the Midwestern U.S. state of Missouri, with over 500 representatives from hundreds of member schools attending. Founded in 1994, the CSAUS is a national non-profit of Chinese language education in the United States, consisting of over 500 Chinese schools in over 50 major or medium-size cities. There are over 100,000 students and over 8,000 teachers at these member schools. (Xinhua/Wang Ping)
