Hanban provides grant for establishment of Confucius Institute at National University of Equatorial Guinea

Project narrative

On January 18, 2013, Rector of the National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE), Carlos Nze Nsuga, and the Vice Chancellor of the University Zhejiang of International Studies, Hong Gang, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement between the two universities to establish a Confucius Institute at UNGE. Then, in December 2014, the "Implementation Agreement on the Cooperation and Joint Construction of Confucius Institutes" was signed between the two universities (University Zhejiang of International Studies on behalf of Hanban) to begin the implementation of the institute and to dispatch Chinese teachers to Equatorial Guinea to organize long- and short-term language courses as well as Chinese cultural courses. The Confucius Institute at UNGE was officially opened on January 27, 2016, and the first class at the Institute was held on February 22, 2016. A ceremony marking the Institute's first anniversary was held on January 21, 2017. The size of the Hanban grant that supported this project is unknown.