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IEEA, a nonprofit organization from the U.S.A., exists to place qualified native English speakers into conversational English teaching positions in Hainan, China. IEEA also directs anyone wanting to study Chinese to the Haikou College of Economics and Technique, home of IEEA. In March 2000, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing licensed IEEA to introduce skilled English teachers to Hainan schools.

Although NOT a school, IEEA helps connect Hainan schools to Western schools and individuals who want to teach or study in China. If Hainan province does not interest you, IEEA can introduce you to proper officials in every province, a service we offer to help curb misunderstandings that often arise when East meets West for the first time.

Anyone wishing to study or teach in China must understand that policies made by the Ministry of Education or Provincial Education Officials are firm with few exceptions. To keep informed of all educational and foreign resident issues in China, IEEA attends the annual SAFEA (State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) conference hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As mentioned earlier, SAFEA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also issued IEEA a cerficate recognizing legal permision granted to the IEEA as an overseas company authorized to select and place teachers and other foreign experts within China. The certificate can be seen on the sidebar.

IEEA also has several ongoing poverty-relief projects in Hainan. We are presently working with the Hainan government to assist a poverty-stricken group of Li minority students, by replacing