The 2025 China International Confucius Cultural Festival will be held on September 27 and 28 in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, celebrating 2,576 years since the birth of the Chinese philosopher.

CGTN Stringer visited South Africa to ask people about their views on Confucianism. Clea Schultz Mofokeng shared that the foundational Confucian virtue of "ren," or benevolence, is similar to a South African concept known as Ubuntu, which encourages people to be kind to others. Another interviewee, Greta Frieslaar, said she supports universal access to education, which Confucius championed over 2,500 years ago.