Current Management
2026 - Prof. Liu Huan – 刘欢 Chinese director Liu Huan possesses extensive experience in international higher education and institutional cooperation. Since joining the International Relations Office of Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) in 2013, she has contributed to the development of international partnerships, the coordination of academic exchange programs, and the advancement of cooperation between Chinese universities and their international counterparts. Her professional trajectory also encompasses intergovernmental cooperation and international education initiatives.
With a background in international relations and higher education administration, she brings significant experience in coordinating international programs, developing institutional partnerships, and engaging in intercultural activities. Since 2026, she has served as the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), where she works to promote Chinese language teaching, cultural exchange, and broader academic and institutional cooperation between China and Brazil.
2025 - Prof. Dr. Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis Brazilian Director Graduated in Pedagogy from PUC-Campinas (2004), Master in Education from PUC-Campinas (2007), graduated in Law from PUC-Campinas (2009), PhD in Education from UNICAMP (2012) and Full Professor at the Faculty of Education of UNICAMP (2023). She works as a professor at the Faculty of Education of UNICAMP. She is a researcher at the Laboratory of Public Policies and Educational Planning - LaPPlanE of the Faculty of Education. She was a professor of undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Faculty of Law of Southern Minas - FDSM (2018-2022). She was General Secretary of the Brazilian Society of Comparative Education - SBEC, (2017-2019), and First Secretary (2020-2021). She was Associate Coordinator of the Pedagogy Course at FE/UNICAMP (2016-2017), and Associate Coordinator of the Integrated Degree in Physics and Chemistry and Bachelor's Degrees (2020-2022) also at FE/UNICAMP. She was Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Higher Education Program - ProFIS (2022-2025). She has experience in the areas of Education and Law, working mainly on the following topics: Multidimensional Poverty, Educational, social and environmental public policies; law, hermeneutics and legal interpretation; teacher training and interdisciplinarity.
Previous Administrations
2017 - 2026 Dr. Gao Qinxiang – 高沁翔 Chinese director Professor of Electrical Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), he also held administrative positions at the same institution (Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee of the School of Electrical Engineering, Director of Media and Public Relations and Leader of Administrative Affairs at BJTU). Postgraduate from the China Electric Power Research Institute in 1988. He has worked in companies, scientific research institutes, colleges and universities, with research areas being the Chinese energy system, culture and arts, currently serving as designated dean of the Institute and Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at Unicamp.
2024 - 2025 Prof. Dr. Paulo Van Noije Brazilian director PhD in Economics from the State University of Campinas (2015). He holds a degree in Economics from the State University of Campinas (2007) and a Master's degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2010).
2017 - 2024 Dr. Bruno de Conti Brazilian director Professor at the Institute of Economics of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and researcher at the Center for Studies on Economic Policy and Current Situation (CECON) and the Center for Brazil-China Studies (CEBC) of the same university. PhD in Economics from Unicamp and the University of Paris 13. He was an economist at the National Bank for Economic and Social Development from 2010 to 2012. He held the “Sérgio Buarque de Holanda Chair” at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), teaching as a guest professor in the winter semester 2017-18.
2014 - 2016 Dr. Gao Hongyan – 高红岩 Chinese director Professor of Administration and PhD supervisor at the School of Economics and Administration, Beijing Jiaotong University. She primarily teaches courses such as strategic corporate management and advertising management. Main Research Areas: Research on the strategy and policy development of the film and television media industry and the cultural and creative industries. She worked on exchanges in the United States, Australia and Sweden, giving courses and lectures related to her area. From October 2014 to December 2016, she served as the first Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at Unicamp.
2014 - 2016 Dr. Walter Belik Brazilian director Retired Full Professor at the Institute of Economics at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Kassel, Germany. He holds a PhD in Economic Science from the State University of Campinas (1992) and has carried out postdoctoral studies at the University of London and the University of California at Berkeley. Lecturer in Economics at Unicamp (1999). Researcher in the field of Economics, with an emphasis on Agrarian and Natural Resources Economies. He served as Director of the Confucius Institute at Unicamp between 2014 and 2016.