Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute of Chinese and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Galway

Project narrative

On February 27, 2019, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Galway signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute of Chinese and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Galway. 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 University of Galway and Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (南京中医药大学）, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established in 2019. This was the third Confucius Institute to be opened in Ireland. In 2023, the University of Galway and Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine led the establishment of the Global Alliance of Confucius Institute for Chinese Medicine (GACICM, 中医孔子学院联盟) with 17 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms in 13 countries and regions.