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

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 (see 'Signing of a cooperation agreement between the National University and the Zhejiang University of China' and '驻赤道几内亚大使王士雄出席在赤几国立大学设立孔子学院协议签字仪式' and '浙江外语学院将在赤几国立大学建立孔子学院'). 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 (see '中国和赤道几内亚签署合作共建孔子学院执行协议（2014-12-10）'). 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 (see '驻赤道几内亚大使赵宏声在赤道几内亚国立大学孔子学院揭牌仪式上的讲话（2016-01-27）' and '赤道几内亚国立大学孔子学院正式开课（2016-02-24）' and '驻赤道几内亚大使赵宏声出席赤几国立大学孔子学院揭牌仪式（2016-01-26）'). A ceremony marking the Institute's first anniversary was held on January 21, 2017 (see '驻赤道几内亚大使陈国友出席赤几国立大学孔子学院成立一周年庆典（2017-01-23）'). The size of the Hanban grant that supported this project is unknown.

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