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Project narrative
On January 28, 2019, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), the Agglomeration of Pau bearn and Pyrenees, and the University of Pau signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Pau. 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 2019, the Agglomeration of Pau bearn and Pyrenees, the University of Pau, and Xi'an International Studies University (西安外国语大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Xi'an International Studies 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 October 28, 2019.
Staff comments
1. The French name of the Confucius Institute is Institut Confucius de Pau Pyrénées; the Chinese name of the Confucius Institute is 法国波城孔子学院. 2. Hanban named the French government entity as Agglomeration of Pau bearn and Pyrenees while the Confucius Institute named the government entity as Pau Béarn Pyrenees Urban Community. Hanban named the French university as University of Pau while the Confucius Institute named it as University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour.