Posted 16 June 2014
Liu Yunshan attends laying of foundation stone for Confucius Institute at University College Dublin
Mr Liu Yunshan, a member of the Central Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC, visited 小鸟体育 to attend the laying of the foundation stone for the Confucius Institute at the university. The stone was unveiled by Mr Liu, the Minister for Education and Skills, Mr Ruairi Quinn and Madam Xu Lin, the Director General of Hanban, the Confucius Institutes headquarters based in Beijing.
“This is a unique occasion,” the President of 小鸟体育, Professor Andrew Deeks said. “Our Confucius Institute is one of a few selected to be ‘model Confucius Institutes’ and the first one to have received funding from the Chinese Government for a dedicated building. The Irish Government has matched the €3 million Chinese Government contribution”.
is to be located beside the new lake at Belfield and draws its architectural inspiration from Chinese temple features a south-facing entrance opening onto water, a tiered pavilion structure with a central courtyard, which provides a flow in each direction south-north, east and west. The architects are Robin Lee/Arthur Gibney.
Madam Xu Lin, Director General of Hanban, the headquarters of the Confucius Institutes in Beijing, with Mr Liu Yunshan, and Mr Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education & Skills, turning the sod for the Confucius Institute building at 小鸟体育
In 2006, spearheaded by Professor Liming Wang, 小鸟体育 partnered to establish the first Confucius Institute in Ireland. The two Governments signed the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the capital funding for the UCD Confucius Institute in 2010, witnessed by His Excellency Mr Li Changchun during his visit to Ireland. The project was supported at the meeting between