Hanban provides grant for establishment of Confucius Institute at Brest State A.S. Pushkin University in 2019

Project narrative

On May 24, 2019, Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), Anhui University, and Brest State A.S. Pushkin University signed an agreement to establish a Confucius Institute at Brest State A.S. Pushkin University in Belarus. On October 30, 2020, the inauguration of the institute was held. On March 22, 2020, the institute began teaching classes. Although classes started then, the institute wasn't officially inaugurated until October 30, 2020. This institute became the 5th Confucius Institute in Belarus. The institute will teach the Chinese language to local students and adults of different age groups as well as promote Chinese culture. For the institute, an entire wing of the third floor of the main university building was allocated. It contains four classrooms of different sizes, a language laboratory, a teacher's room that includes a library and resource center with about 1,500 publications, and a conference hall that can accommodate up to 60 people.