Project ID: 89179

China opens up the first Confucius Institute at Papua New Guinea at the University of Technology

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Papua New Guinea

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

2019-08-01

Actual start

2021-02-19

Actual complete

2021-02-19

Description

On February 19, 2021, China opened up the first Confucius Institute in Papua New Guinea at the University of Technology. The PNG University of Technology (Unitech) will cooperate with Chongqing Normal University based in China's southwestern Chongqing Municipality to run the program. About 300 Unitech students and staff have applied for enrollment in the institute. The institute is officially approved by the Confucius institute Headquarters on July 3, 2022. Chinese Ambassador to PNG Xue Bing, PNG Governor-General Bob Dadae, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil, PNG Ambassador to China Don Sawong, Unitech Vice Chancellor Ora Renagi attended the inaugural ceremony.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Papua New Guinea [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

University of Technology in Papua New Guinea [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Chongqing Normal University [Miscellaneous Agency Type]