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On December 11, 2007, an agreement was signed between between Confucius Institutes Headquarters (Hanban) in China and the University of Cape Town (UCT). Under the terms of the agreement, UCT entered into a partnership with Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China to establish a Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. This project was funded by Hanban, an organization funded by the Chinese government that partners Chinese education institutions with those around the world to create centers for Chinese studies. However, the monetary value of the financial commitment for this project is unknown This agreement was signed at the second Confucius Institutes Conference in Beijing in 2007. The cooperating organization for this project is Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. On January 19, 2010 the inauguration ceremony of the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, was grandly held at the Matthews Art Museum at the University of Cape Town. The institute offers various Mandarin courses and hosts cultural activities.