Contact us

Location

The Confucius Institute main office is located on the second floor of the James Logie Building on the University of Canterbury Ilam campus. Our Project Coordinator is located in Room 209.

Postal address

Confucius Institute at University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
CHRISTCHURCH 8140
New Zealand

Phone and email

Phone: +64 3 369 4399
confucius-institute@canterbury.ac.nz

Director

Zhifang Song

Lecturer in Anthropology

Anthropology Programme Coordinator & Undergraduate Coordinator

Elsie Locke Building 308

Phone: +6433695568

Internal Phone: 95568

zhifang.song@canterbury.ac.nz

Deputy Director

Janet (Qianhua) Yu

Associate Professor

Room: 207, Logie Building

Phone: +64 3 369 3383

qianhua.yu@canterbury.ac.nz

Project Coordinator

Jodie-Anne Martin-Blackwell

Project Co-ordinator

Phone: +6433692485

Internal Phone: 92485

jodie.martin@canterbury.ac.nz

The Board

Professor Kevin Watson (Chair)
Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts UC
Professor CHEN Jianguo (Deputy Chair)
Vice-president of HUST
Professor Letitia Fickel Executive Dean of UC (Faculty of Education, Health and Human Development)
Professor Evgeny Pavlov
Head of the Department of Global, Cultural and Language Studies at UC
Professor Chris Jones
Chair of the International Committee of Arts UC
Monique van Veen
International Partnership & Support Manager (International Relationships Office at UC)
Professor XU Mingwu
Dean of School of Foreign Languages at HUST
Dr ZHOU Liping
Dean of School of International Education at HUST
Professor LIU Jiuming
Dean of School of Humanities at HUST
Dr CHEN Jie
Dean of Office of International Affairs at HUST

The Staff

Weibin ZOU (Andy) – Head Chinese Language Instructor
Linglin ZHU - Chinese Language Instructor
Jingying ZHAO - Chinese Language Instructor
Yujia SONG - Chinese Language Instructor
Li QI - Chinese Language Instructor
Wangchun HONG (Candice) - Martial Arts Instructor
Nancy CHU – Local Chinese Language Instructor

2023 Mandarin Language Assistants

Yiting YANG (Yiting) - Nelson
Xiaojie SUN (Jenny) - Nelson
Yi ZHONG (Joy) - Christchurch
Jie SHEN (Jade) - Christchurch
Minxi LU (Lucy) - Christchurch
Hao WANG (Ellie) - Christchurch
Kun YANG (Gloria) - Christchurch
Sisi HUANG (Sisi) - Christchurch
Yuanun ZHAO (Rose) - Christchurch
Haoyue HE (Hailey) - Christchurch
Tianyu LI (Sophie) - Christchurch
Rui CHENG (Cherry) - Christchurch
Fang NAN (Leslie) - Rolleston
Huanjiao DENG (Huanjiao) - Lincoln
Zijun LIU (Amelia) - Lincoln
Weiqing LU (Reed) - Timaru
Jingwei WU (Miya) - Balclutha
Qingye LI (Aletta) - Dunedin
Zimin ZHAO (Daria) - Dunedin