Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Alabama A&M University

Project narrative

On August 5, 2014, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Alabama A&M University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Alabama A&M 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 2014, Alabama A&M University and Nanjing Forestry University (南京林业大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Nanjing Forestry University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established in 2016. The Confucius Institute closed in 2021/2022.