To promote the international dissemination of the Chinese language, facilitate cultural and educational exchanges between China and foreign countries, and with the guidance and support of the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education (CLEC) and the Department of Education of Liaoning Province, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE) has jointly established two Confucius institutes with the Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands and Matej Bel University in Slovakia.

Confucius Institute Maastricht (CIM)

Website:  https://www.confuciusmaastricht.nl/

Confucius Institute Maastricht (CIM) is a knowledge institute, co-founded by Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE) in Dalian, China. CIM has a unique location in the heart of the Euregion offers courses regarding the Chinese language & culture. For organisations and individual learners, we offer a complete range of courses, workshops, and culture activities.

Knowing a language and a culture opens many doors. Maybe you have always wanted to learn about Chinese language & culture, but never found the time or place to realize it. Now with CIM around the corner, learning more about Chinese language & culture is at your fingertips! People will greatly appreciate your efforts of using Chinese language skills and cultural knowledge while engaging in intercultural communication. As a value-driven knowledge institute, CIM creates a learning environment that enables and encourages language and culture learning optimization. Our courses and activities are designed to add specific social, economic or cultural values to match your personal or professional needs.

Confucius Institute for Business (CIB) at Matej Bel University

Website: https://www.cib.umb.sk/

Slovakia and China are both growing rapidly in the global economy. The Belt and Road Initiative has combined the two countries more closely with increasing trade volumes and cultural exchanges. There arising together with this trend are the needs to learn more about each other. Confucius Institutes are non-profit educational institutions based on university partnerships to provide such a platform for mutual understanding and cultural exchanges as well as cooperations.

Confucius Institute for Business (CIB) at Matej Bel University (MBU, or UMB in Slovak) was established in December 2018 as a result of partnership between Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE) in Dalian, with the support of Confucius Institute Headquarters (CIH).