At the invitation of Mr.Seán Ó Fearghaíl, the Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, Mr.Zhang Chunxian, the vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of People’s Republic of China led a delegation to visit Ireland from 7th July 2019 to 10th July 2019. During the visit, the delegation visited UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland and held a symposium with teachers and students of the Confucius Institute.   Read more...

The first China Ireland International Film Festival (CIIFF) Forum and Best Short Film Award ceremony were held at University College Dublin Confucius Institute for Ireland.   Read more...

The Irish Final of 18th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students took place in the Confucius Institute New Building on 14 April 2019. The event was hosted by Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and co-organized by the Education Section of the Chinese Embassy in Ireland, UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland and UCD Irish Institute for Chinese Studies.  Read more...

The 2nd International Symposium of the European Association for Chinese Teaching (EACT) was successfully held in UCD Ireland from April 12 to 13, 2019. More than 200 scholars and educators of Chinese language from 22 countries and regions attended the symposium, which was hosted by EACT and organised by its Irish branch together with the UCD Confucius Institute (CII) for Ireland. Participants had round-table, plenary and panel discussions around the theme of ‘Regional and International Features in the subject development of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language’. Read more...