Chinese teaching is developing rapidly through the whole world. The qualification of the Chinese teach-ers now becomes a highlight problem. The interactive distance learning(IDL) as a new form of teaching,howev-er,gains little attention from scholars on teachers' training research. This paper discusses the Chinese teachertraining of IDL in the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas(CIKU),describes the current situation andproblems of IDL Chinese classes. We also made a questionnaire survey on those experienced teachers in CIKU,and...