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

Project narrative

In November 2007, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Arizona signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Arizona. 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, the University of Arizona and Shaanxi Normal University (陕西师范大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Shaanxi 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 in May 2008 and it began operations in July 2009. This Confucius Institute was closed in 2019.