{"id":889,"date":"2019-08-28T09:02:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T08:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucd.emarkable.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=889"},"modified":"2020-08-31T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T10:59:50","slug":"unveiling-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/events\/unveiling-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The unveiling ceremony of the model Confucius Institute was held in the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland (CII) building in February 2019. UCD President, Professor Andrew J Deeks, Chinese Vice-Minister of Education, HE Tian Xuejun, Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, HE Dr Yue Xiaoyong, Executive Deputy Director-General of Hanban, Professor Ma Jianfei, and more than 130 alumni and staff were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Deeks opened the unveiling ceremony: \u201cThis unique building is a symbol of the collaboration between UCD and China, a symbol of the support that the Irish and Chinese governments offer to this collaboration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-Minister Xuejun remarked in his speech: \u201cUCD CII is one of the earliest global Confucius Institutes as well as one of the first global model Confucius Institutes. The unveiling today represents the transition from quantity growth to quality improvement of global Confucius Institutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cii.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cii.ie<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ucd-gallery\"><div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-nav\">\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/L-to-R-Dolores-O\u2019Riordan-Yue-Xiaoyong-Tian-Xuejun-Andrew-Deeks-Ma-Jianfei-and-Liming-Wang-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vice-Minister-Tian-speaks-to-BComm-with-Chinese-students-in-the-library-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vice-Minister-of-Education-Tian-Xuejun-at-the-art-competition-exhibition-with-UCD-President-Andrew-J-Deeks-and-CII-Director-Prof-Liming-Wang-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-holder\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-before\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fal fa-search-plus\"><\/i> Click to enlarge<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/L-to-R-Dolores-O\u2019Riordan-Yue-Xiaoyong-Tian-Xuejun-Andrew-Deeks-Ma-Jianfei-and-Liming-Wang.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/L-to-R-Dolores-O\u2019Riordan-Yue-Xiaoyong-Tian-Xuejun-Andrew-Deeks-Ma-Jianfei-and-Liming-Wang-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Professor Dolores O\u2019Riordan, Ambassador Dr Yue Xiaoyong, Chinese Vice-Minister of Education Tian Xuejun, Professor Deeks, Professor Ma Jianfei and CII Director Professor Liming Wang. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vice-Minister-Tian-speaks-to-BComm-with-Chinese-students-in-the-library.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vice-Minister-Tian-speaks-to-BComm-with-Chinese-students-in-the-library-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Vice Minister Xuejun speaks to BComm with Chinese students in the library.<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vice-Minister-of-Education-Tian-Xuejun-at-the-art-competition-exhibition-with-UCD-President-Andrew-J-Deeks-and-CII-Director-Prof-Liming-Wang.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vice-Minister-of-Education-Tian-Xuejun-at-the-art-competition-exhibition-with-UCD-President-Andrew-J-Deeks-and-CII-Director-Prof-Liming-Wang-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Vice-Minister Xuejun at the art competition exhibition with Professor Deeks and Professor Wang<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unveiling ceremony of the model Confucius Institute was held in the UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland (CII) building in February 2019. 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