Shandong promotes future Confucius-centered university

Shandong province, the home of Confucius (551-479 BC), is actively promoting the work of founding a university named after the Chinese sage, in a bid to develop the province into a research and study center of Confucianism with global appeal, the top provincial official said on Saturday in Jinan, the capital.

It is the second time that Liu Jiayi, Party chief of the province, has spoken of plans to build such a university.

Last week, at the Fifth Nishan Forum on World Civilizations in Nishan, Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius in Shandong, Liu said the province has been implementing a Master of Confucianism program, including establishing a university named after the sage and developing a Confucian research center with global leadership.