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Overview

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at the College of William & Mary

Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•United StatesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United StatesSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2012
End (actual)
Apr 16, 2012

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Hanban, Confucius Institute Headquarters

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • The College of William & Mary (W&M)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Beijing Normal University (BNU)

Loan description

Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at the College of William & Mary

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2012, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the College of William & Mary signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the College of William & Mary. 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, the College of William & Mary and Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Beijing 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 on April 16, 2012 at the Rowe House. The Confucius Institute closed on June 30, 2021.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese name of the Confucius Institute is 威廉玛丽大学孔子学院. 2. The precise establishment date of this Confucius Institute is unknown. For the time being, AidData has coded the commitment_year field as 2012 as this was the year this Confucius Institute was established and marked the committment_year_estimated? field as True. This issue merits further investigation.