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

Project narrative

On April 7, 2011, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the Dickinson State University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Dickinson State 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 2011, Dickinson State University and Taiyuan University of Technology, (TUT; 太原理工大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Taiyuan University of Technology to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute closed in February 2012.