Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Soon Chun Hyang University

Project narrative

On May 30, 2007, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Soon Chun Hyang University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Soon Chun Hyang 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 2007, Soon Chun Hyang University and Tianjin Foreign Studies University (天津外国语大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Tianjin Foreign Studies 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 28, 2007. The Confucius Institute at Soon Chun Hyang University oversaw the following two Confucius Classrooms: -ID#103078: Asan Senior High School -ID#103079: Cheonan High School