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

Project narrative

In 2010, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Kentucky signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Kentucky. 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 Kentucky and Shanghai University (上海大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Shanghai 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 November 6, 2010. In 2015, Hanban provided a $1.7 million USD grant to renovate it into the Model Confucius Institute, now located on the ground floor of the Lucille C. Caudill Little Fine Arts Library, which opened in September 2017. The Confucius Institute closed in spring 2021.