Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Zuyd University Confucius Institute

Project narrative

In 2017, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Zuyd University signed an agreement to establish the Zuyd University Confucius Institute. 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 2017, Zuyd University and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (东北财经大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Dongbei University of Finance & Economics agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on July 7, 2017. This was the third Confucius Institute to be established and it is also known as the Confucius Institute Maastricht (CIM).