The Chinese Opera Institute (COI) was established in June 1995 as a non-profit organisation with the support of the National Arts Council.

The COI holds talks and courses throughout the year to encourage opera practitioners to expose themselves to different genres and techniques in Chinese opera, as well as to familiarise and educate the public on Chinese opera.

Promoting Chinese traditional culture is one of our objectives. COI has been putting up public performance, organizing talks, and conducting courses in more than 100 schools. To mark the centennial history of local Hokkien opera, COI organised the gala performance of the “Xue Gan – The Fire of Youth” with the local Hokkien opera groups.