Project ID: 34722

China opens Confucius Institute in Kabul University, Afghanistan

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Afghanistan

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2008-01-01

Geography

Description

In January 2008, an agreement was signed between China and Afghanistan for the establishment of a Confucius Institute at Kabul University. This project is funded by Hanban, a government organization that partners universities around the world with Chinese educational institutions to establish Confucius Institutes for the study of Chinese language and culture. The Chinese university involved with this project is Taiyuan University of Technology. On 7 April 2013 China reopened the Confucius Institute at Kabul University after it had been closed for 18 months due to instability in Afghanistan. The institute now offers Mandarin classes to around 100 Afghan beginners. There are one teacher from China and two Chinese instructors teaching mandarin at elementary levels.

Number of official sources

7

Number of total sources

11

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Details

Cofinanced

No