About us

The Confucius Institute of the University of Bologna was created on the basis of a cooperation agreement between the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna and the Renmin University of China (人民 中国 大学), Beijing, with the support of the National Office for the 'Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language of the Chinese Ministry of Education (汉 办)'. On May 2, 2019, the institute celebrated the tenth anniversary of activities in the presence of the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Li Ruyiu, the President Romano Prodi, the Rector of the University of Bologna, Prof. Francesco Ubertini and the Vice-President of Renmin University, Du Peng.