Building on the French model, more and more countries have created dedicated cultural-diplomacy organizations: Istituto Italiano di Cultura (1922), British Council (1934), Instytut Polski (1939), Goethe-Institut (1951), Japan Foundation (1972), Instituto Cervantes (1991), Romanian Cultural Institute (2003), Confucius Institute (China, 2004), Korean Cultural Centers (South Korea, 2009), and many others—each aiming to promote and showcase its national culture as effectively as possible.