Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at University of Bonn

Project narrative

In December 2016, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at University of Bonn. As part of the agreement, Hanban is obligated to provide teaching materials, an annual fund, and numbers of Chinese instructors. The funds are dispersed through a local Bank of China account or other approved bank account created by the institute. The agreement has a 5-year validity and automatically renews at the end of every 5-year term. In 2016, the University of Bonn and Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Beijing Language and Culture University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on April 27, 2017. The University of Bonn rented rooms to the Confucius Institute for language courses and other events. The first agreement between the University of Bonn and the Confucius Institute expired in October 2021. According to a new agreement signed on May 8, 2023, the University of Bonn would be an affiliated institute of the Confucius Institute.