Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles

Project narrative

In 2006, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of California, Los Angeles signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. 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 2006, the University of California, Los Angeles and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Shanghai Jiao Tong 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 December 20, 2006. The Confucius Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles oversaw the following 8 Confucius Classrooms - ID#104425: Broadway Elementary School - ID#104428: International Studies Learning Center - ID#104429: Los Angeles County High School for the Arts - ID#104427: University High School - ID#104439: Norton Space & Aeronautics Academy - ID#104440: Mark Twain Middle School - ID#104441: Horace Mann Middle School - ID#104442: Granada Hills Charter High School