Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas at San Antonio

Project narrative

In 2009, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Texas at San Antonio signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas at San Antonio. 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. On February 4, 2009, the University of Texas at San Antonio and University of International Business and Economics (对外经贸大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. The University of International Business and Economics agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on February 10, 2010. The Confucius Institute closed in 2019.