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Hanban provides grant for establishment of Confucius Institute at University of the Philippines

Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2014
Start (planned)
Dec 7, 2014
Start (actual)
Dec 7, 2014
End (actual)
Oct 12, 2015

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This project involved the establishment of a Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines Diliman at the following address: Silungan, Bahay Kalinaw, Guerrero cor. Dagohoy Street, UP Diliman Campus, Quezon City, Philippines 1101. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/93885874#map=19/14.66000/121.07292.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the Philippines

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of the Philippines
  • Xiamen University

Loan description

Hanban provides grant for establishment of Confucius Institute at University of the Philippines

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 7, 2014, a memorandum of agreement and then an implementation agreement were signed for the establishment of a Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines Diliman. These agreements were respectively signed by UP President Alfredo Pascual and Hanban chief executive Mme. Xu Linthe and UP Diliman Chancellor Michael L. Tan and XMU President Dr. Zhu Chongshi. The Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, was founded with Xiamen University as its partner. The inauguration ceremony for the institute was held on October 12, 2015. This is the 4th Confucius Institute to be founded in the Philippines.