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The 16th “Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for International University Students (Queensland Preliminary) was successfully held at The University of Queensland St. Lucia on May 20, 2017

Congratulations to all winners at this year's “Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for International University Students (Queensland Preliminary).

The UQ Research, Study and Experience Tour is an annual program organised by The Confucius Institute at The University of Queensland in collaboration with varying faculties across UQ. Tour dates this year are 25 June to 21 July 2017.

On December 1, 2016, the Confucius Institute at UQ in conjunction with UQ, QCASE and the Education Section of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Brisbane arranged and facilitated a workshop for research students new to Brisbane. The ‘Workshop for publishing your research in top journals’ drew an audience of 150 China Scholarship Council (and other) students from Brisbane-based universities keen to learn the fundamentals of research activity in Australia.

The Confucius China Studies Program, offered by Confucius Institute Headquarters, provides funding for doctoral students and academics to study or carry out work in China and for workshops and publications on China Studies related topics.

The Confucius Institute at The University of Queensland will host a free short course on Chinese Culture and its relationship to modern society for UQ students.

The Confucius Institute at The University of Queensland proudly hosted the Joint Conference of Oceanian Confucius Institutes in Brisbane, Queensland on July 9 and 10, 2016.

On May 30th, a senior delegation from the Provincial Government of Hubei, China visited UQ’s Confucius Institute. The delegation was led by Mr Liang Weinian, Senior Executive of Hubei Province in charge of education.

78 secondary school students from Mt Maria College, St Margaret’s Anglican College, St Benedict’s College, St Paul’s and Clairvaux Mackillop High School participated in a Confucius Institute Chinese Immersion Day at UQ.

Queensland’s tropical far north, a place renown internationally for its Great Barrier Reef and breathtaking scenery, is set to become a better experience thanks to a cooperative safety initiative launched by the Far North District Queensland Police Service and the Confucius Institute at The University of Queensland.

The 2016 Queensland Preliminary Competition, co-organised by the Tourism Confucius Institute at Griffith University and the Confucius Institute at The University of Queensland on 14 May 2016, attracted a number of excellent performances from Queensland-based university students, included 10 UQ students who excelled in their categories.

In conjunction with Mates@UQ, the Confucius Institute celebrated Chinese culture with the UQ community in the Great Court over performance, cuisine and interaction.

Apply now for the 2016 UQ research, study and experience tour to China

A Confucius Classroom has been opened by the former Governor General Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO at Indooroopilly State High School in Brisbane.

The University of Queensland’s Confucius Institute, in conjunction with Warner Bros. Movie World and St Stephen’s College in Coomera, have begun 12 weeks of intensive Chinese language and culture training for their employees.