Partners
Fudan University
Located on the east coast of China, Fudan University is situated in Shanghai, the most dynamic metropolis in China.
The University began its life in 1905 and from its beginnings over a century ago, across various ranking criteria, is consistently placed in the top three in China. With over 25,000 students studying across a range of faculties including Arts, Science, Law, Business, Technology and Medicine, Fudan University is well on the way to achieving its ambition of becoming a leading university in the world.
Hanban
The driving force in China for the development of the network of Confucius Institutes is The Office of Chinese Language Council International, known as Hanban. Hanban supports each Institute in delivery of its objectives through the provision of both financial and physical resources such as library materials and language learning assets.
Hanban also arranges secondments for Chinese language teachers to Confucius Institutes around the world.
Teaching staff are carefully selected and each is a qualified teacher of Chinese as a foreign language with at least five years of experience of teaching foreigners.
With the growth in the network of Institutes Hanban recently established a new headquarters in Beijing to support the work of more than 200 institutes around the world. For more information on Hanban click here http://english.hanban.org/index.php
Scottish Executive
The Scottish Government published a refreshed Plan for Engagement with China in May 2008 which provides the basis for engagement with China by the Scottish Government and its Agencies. As part of this plan and to help meet the first objective the Scottish Government will provide general support to the Confucius Institute for Scotland.
The seven key objectives of the Scottish Government’s China Plan are shown below.
- Increase Chinese language learning and learning about China in Scottish schools.
- Increase Sino-Scottish collaboration between our universities, build relationships with our colleges and their Chinese counterparts and develop shared lifelong learning opportunities.
- Increase Sino-Scottish research and development projects and programmes.
- Attract increased tourism to Scotland.
- Encourage greater internationalisation of Scottish companies in China.
- Expand connections between businesses in Scotland and China.
- Develop understanding of Scotland’s national identity through raising awareness of Scottish culture in China.
