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

Project narrative

In 2010, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the Pennsylvania State University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the Pennsylvania State University. 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 April 2010, Pennsylvania State University and Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Dalian University of Technology 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 12, 2011. The Confucius Institute closed in 2014.