Project ID: 44149

China opens Confucius Institute at Santo Tomás University

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Chile

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2007-01-01

Actual complete

2014-05-12

Geography

Description

On 21 November 2007, a Confucius Institute was opened at the Santo Tomás University in the city of Viña del Mar in Chile. As of 2019, it has 19 offices from Arica to Punta Arenas. The institute will offer courses in Chinese language and culture, as well as provide scholarships and summer trips to Chinese universities. The Institute here at Universidad Santo Tomás (UST) opened in April 2008. Xu Lin, chief executive of the Confucius Institute headquarters, spoke during the opening ceremony of the Regional Center of Confucius Institutes for Latin America, at the Confucius Institute of the Santo Tomas University, in Santiago, capital of Chile, on May 12, 2014.

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

9

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Cofinanced

No