Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute Cote d 'Azur

Project narrative

On May 18, 2015, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute Cote d 'Azur. 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 2015, the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and Tianjin University, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Tianjin 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 December 13, 2016. The Confucius Institute was the 17th Confucius Institute to be established in France.