Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre, Buddhist statue and ecumenical centre on an artificial island in NAPE, Macau, China

Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre is a bronze statue of the bodhisattva Kun Iam, 20 metres tall and cast from 50 tonnes of bronze, standing on a 7-metre lotus base with 16 petals and a diameter of 19 metres. The base contains two floors: an observation room with a reception and souvenir shop, and a multi-purpose exhibition hall with a small library. The statue is reached by a 60-metre bridge from the Macau waterfront.

Planned in 1997 by the Portuguese administration of Macau, the centre was inaugurated on 21 March 1999 by Portuguese president Jorge Sampaio, with Chinese vice-premier Qian Qichen present. Portuguese architect Cristina Rocha Leiria designed it with UNESCO support; the Nanjing Chenguang Group cast the statue and assembled its 47 pieces on site. It was the last work in the China–Portugal friendship monument series and cost 30 million patacas.

The name Kun Iam is the Cantonese form of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, called Avalokitesvara in Sanskrit. Inside the lotus base, the dome is painted on rice paper by local artists Kwok Woon and Joana Ling with figures, symbols and texts linked to Laozi, Confucius, Mencius and the Buddha.

The centre is open from 10 am to 6 pm and closes on Fridays, except on public holidays. It is reached by a 60-metre bridge from the Avenida Dr Sun Yat Sen waterfront. Inside the lotus base, the upper level has a reception and souvenir shop; the lower level holds a small library with two computers for free internet access.

The statue's face was intentionally designed without specific ethnic features to represent universal human characteristics. This design choice reinforces the center's message that spiritual and philosophical questions connect people across all origins.