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Overview

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Wonkwang University

Commitment Year2014Country of ActivityKoreaDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationKoreaSectorEducationFlow TypeGrant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 26, 2014
End (actual)
Sep 24, 2014

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

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Wonkwang University

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hunan Normal University
  • Hunan University of Chinese Medicine

Loan description

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Wonkwang University

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 26, 2014, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Wonkwang University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Wonkwang University. As part of the agreement, Hanban is obligated to provide teaching materials, an annual fund, and numbers of Chinese instructors. The funds are dispersed through a local Bank of China account or other approved bank account created by the institute. The agreement has a 5-year validity and automatically renews at the end of every 5-year term. In 2014, Wonkwang University, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine (湖南中医药大学), and Hunan Normal University (湖南师范大学), the cooperating partners, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, and Hunan Normal University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on September 24, 2014. The Confucius Institute at Wonkwang University oversaw the following one Confucius Classroom: -ID#103076: Yeosu Jinsung Girls’ High School

Staff comments

1. The Chinese name of the Confucius Institute is 韩国圆光大学孔子学院 and it is known as 원광대학교 공자학원 in Korean. 2. There is a dedicated website for this Confucius Institute accessible via https://confucius.wku.ac.kr/