China’s Confucius and Greece’s Aristotle were born at almost the same time. Their great philosophies have led the east and west civilizations for over 2500 years. Today, the Confucius Institute is bridging these two great civilizations, where the wisdoms of the two ancient sages will merge and blend beyond time and space, sparkling the splendors of our times!

I would like to offer my warmest congratulations on the founding of the Business Confucius Institute in Athens, wishing that she would grow into a beautiful flower blooming in the garden of a multi-cultural world!

Xu Lin
Director-General, Hanban
Chief Executive, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Greece and China represent two historic nations and two great civilizations that have been the cradle of West and East cultures, respectively.

The Business Confucius Institute in Athens aims at bringing together these two great civilizations and these two historic nations. It develops a number of educational and cultural activities that promote this objective: it offers certified Chinese language courses to Greek students and organizes activities and seminars on culture, philosophy, arts, business, as well as on other aspects of Chinese life, such as cooking, Kung Fu or calligraphy.

By enhancing in such a way the cultural ties between Greece and China, the Business Confucius Institute in Athens creates the cultural bridge that facilitates the better understanding between the two peoples, the exchange of students and faculty and the furthering of the business activities between the two countries.

The Athens University of Economics and Business is very proud to be the host institution of the Business Confucius Institute in our country. We support its activities because we strongly believe that the development of a successful cooperation between Greece and China in the fields of culture, education and business is for the mutual benefit of our two countries and our two peoples.

Professor Emm. Giakoumakis

Rector of AUEB