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China opens Confucius Institute at Santo Tomás University

Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•ChileSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2007
End (actual)
May 12, 2014

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China opens Confucius Institute at Santo Tomás University. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/448859912

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Loan description

China opens Confucius Institute at Santo Tomás University

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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.