The Confucius Institutes, as non-profit educational organizations, develop a number of activities to satisfy the demands of people from different countries and regions in the world who wish to learn the Chinese language, enhance their understanding of the Chinese language and culture, strengthen educational and cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and other countries, and deepen friendly relations with other nations.

In this context, Business Confucius Institute in Athens will support the further development of research, academic and educational cooperation between Greece and China, the promotion of the Chinese language and culture in Greece, as well as the enhancement of friendly relations between the two countries.

The services offered by the Business Confucius Institute in Athens will include: teaching of Chinese language, providing Chinese language teaching resources, training of Chinese language instructors, holding the HSK examination (Chinese Proficiency Test), as well as tests for the Certification of the Chinese Language Teachers, providing information and consultative services concerning China’s education, culture, and business, and conducting language, cultural, and academic exchange activities between China and Greece.

In addition, the Business Confucius Institute in Athens will be offering classes in a diversity of cultural subjects such as calligraphy, music, cooking, martial arts, etc.

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