Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at California State University, Long Beach

Project narrative

On October 24, 2014, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the California State University, Long Beach, signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at California State University, Long Beach. 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 xx, California State University, Long Beach, and Hebei Institute of Foreign Languages (河北外国语职业学院), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Hebei Institute of Foreign Languages agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on December 12, 2014; the 101st Confucius Institute to be established in the United States. The Confucius Institute closed in 2020.