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Overview

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

Commitment Year•2013Country 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, 2013
End (actual)
Apr 19, 2013

Geospatial footprint

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This project provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Old Dominion University. The Confucius Institute was located at 5115 Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, VA. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/412815790.

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

  • Old Dominion University

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Minzu University of China

Loan description

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

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2013, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the Old Dominion University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Old Dominion University. 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 2013, Old Dominion University and Minzu University of China (中央民族大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Minzu University of China 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 19, 2013. The Confucius Institute closed on June 30, 2020.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese name of the Confucius Institute is 欧道明大学孔子学院. 2. The precise establishment date of this Confucius Institute is unknown. For the time being, AidData has coded the commitment_year field as 2013 as this was the year this Confucius Institute was established and marked the committment_year_estimated? field as True. This issue merits further investigation.