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China Constructs Confucius Institute at the University of Panama

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•PanamaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PanamaSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

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Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Commitment date
Aug 1, 2017

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The University of Panama in Panama City was provided a new Confucius Institute to provide the opportunity for students to learn Mandarin. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/73813020#map=17/8.98463/-79.53318

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Panama

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Beijing International Studies University

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China Constructs Confucius Institute at the University of Panama

Narrative

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Project narrative

In September 2017, the Government of China inaugurated the opening of The Confucius Institute at the University of Panama. The Institute was intended to hold Mandarin courses for 400 students. The Government of China and the Government of Panama each financed fifty percent of the project. The project's costs included the construction of new facilities to enhance teaching including two classrooms for basic and advanced students of Mandarin, a library, an audiovisual department, and some administrative offices. Language teachers were also supplied by the Beijing International Studies University. On March 19, 2019, The Confucius Institute unveiled a new teaching site in the Science and Technology Department at the University of Panama. The opening of classes for the new site occurred on June 18, 2019.