Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute of the State of Washington

Project narrative

On September 12, 2009, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Washington signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute of the State of Washington. 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 2010, University of Washington and Sichuan University (四川大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Sichuan 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 26, 2010. The Seattle Public Schools from the United States and Chongqing Education Commission (重庆市教委) from China also signed the agreement in 2009. In 2020, the Confucius Institute’s higher education operations moved to Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.