The Confucius Institute at QUT (CIQ), was officially launched in June 2009 and was the first Confucius Institute to be established in Queensland, Australia. Its key partner from 2009-2020 was JPDE and in 2021 a new partnership was established with NNU. CIQ has ten Confucius Classroom Schools and eight Network Schools that are located in the state capital of Brisbane and throughout regional Queensland. Network Schools received similar support as Confucius Classroom schools, but do not receive annual funding for their classrooms. CIQ’s goal is to provide opportunities for more Australians, particularly young Queenslanders, to confidently engage with China and effectively communicate with Chinese people to improve Sino Australian business and community relationships. CIQ has received the “Confucius Institute of the Year” award since its establishment. The Institute’s key activities are to provide: 1.professional development for school leaders and teachers of Chinese language in Queensland schools 2.opportunities for Queensland school students to learn about Chinese language and culture 3.Chineselanguage and culture programs for community and professional groups in Queensland Although all three activities are important, in the last three years, CIQ has invested most of its effort and workload on the second activity. In 2020,Chinese language and culture support activities were provided for over 7000 students, throughout Queensland.