Events
The Confucius Institute for Scotland acts as a conduit for information on events and activities relating to China. The pages in this section highlight various occasions and performances organised by or promoted by the Institute.
Timeline
March 2005
21
Mar
2005
Confucius Institute for Scotland announced in Beijing
The plan to establish the Confucius Institute for Scotland was first announced in Beijing on March 21 2005 by the then First Minister, Jack McConnell. The Confucius Institute network is an initiative of the National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, a branch of the Ministry of Education in China.
