Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Hyogo College of Medicine

Project narrative

In 2012, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Hyogo College of Medicine signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Hyogo College of Medicine. 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 2012, Hyogo College of Medicine and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement Beijing University of Chinese Medicine agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on March 1, 2012 and began operations on November 8, 2012. This Confucius Institute ended in 2022.