Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Project narrative

On September 21, 2012, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of California, Santa Barbara signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 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 2012, University of California, Santa Barbara and Shandong University (山东大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Shandong 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 February 3, 2015. The Confucius Institute closed in June 2021.