Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Medga Evers College The City University of New York

Project narrative

On December 5, 2018, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the Medga Evers College, the City University of New York (CUNY) signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Medga Evers College, the City University of New York. 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 2018, Medga Evers College, CUNY, and two Chinese institutions—Hebei University of Science & Technology (河北科技大学) and Langfang Normal University (廊坊师范学院)—the cooperating partners, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Both Chinese universities agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established in Fall 2019.