Project ID: 43877

China opens Confucius Institute at Colombo University

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sri Lanka

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

2014-09-16

Actual complete

2016-12-30

Geography

Description

On September 16, 2014, in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Madam Xu Lin, Chief Executive of Confucius Institute Headquarters and Director General of Hanban, signed an agreement on the joint establishment of the Confucius Institute at University of Colombo with Dr. W. K. Hirimburegama, Vice-Chancellor of the University. On December 30, 2016, the construction completed. The institute officially started operations in May 2017. City Colombo Institutions Foreign Institution: Colombo University Chinese Institution: Beijing Foreign Studies University; Honghe University Timeline Start running: Contact Person of contact: Address: Tel: Fax: E-mail:

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

4

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Cofinanced

No