Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Project narrative

On October 11, 2012, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 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. On November 21, 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Jiangxi Normal University (江西师范大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Jiangxi Normal University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute closed in September 2017.