On December 15, 2012, Chinese Cultural Lecture of Beijing Opera was held in the lecture room of BCI. Many BCI students and students from other schools attended the lecture.

Ms Zeng Xin, the teacher of BCI, gave the students an interesting and detailed introduction of Beijing Opera and taught them how to paint facial masks of Beijing opera. After that, students became to paint the facial masks by themselves. At the end of the lecture, Ms Zeng taught the students Su San Qi Jie, a famous Beijing opera song.

Confucius Institute is a non-profit educational organization, devoted to satisfy the demands of people from different countries and regions in the world who learn Chinese language, enhance their understanding of the Chinese language and culture, strengthen educational and cultural exchange and cooperation between China and other countries, deepen friendly relationships with other nations, promote the development of multi-culturalism, and build a harmonious world.

The Business Confucius Institute in Athens, the first Business Confucius Institute in Greece is hosted by the Athens University of Economics and Business and is located in the centre of Athens.

The Business Confucius Institute in Athens (BCI Athens) is developed in collaboration between the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) of Greece and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) of China, aiming at promoting friendly relationship between Greek and Chinese people, under the guidance of Confucius Institute Headquarter (Hanban).

AUEB provides about 80 m2 of appropriately formed and equipped space close to the main building of the University for BCI to carry out its activities. This space includes classes and offices of the administrative personnel and the Chinese instructors.

In addition, AUEB provides the necessary working conditions for the Chinese instructors, the administrative personnel, the equipment and infrastructure for the organizational and operational support of the Institute, as well as access to all University facilities, namely Library, Computer Center, University’s Internet Network, students’ restaurant. The University also offers support to administrative procedures, granting the necessary official information and certifications.

The Confucius Institute Headquarters (HANBAN) authorizes the use of the title “Confucius Institute” and provides logos and institute emblems. It also provides authorized books, audio-visual and multimedia materials and other supplementary teaching materials, and authorizes the use of online courses.