Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute in Quebec

Project narrative

In October 2007, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Dawson College signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Quebec. 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 October 2007, Dawson College and Beijing Normal University, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement Beijing Normal 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 October 4, 2008. It was the third Confucius Institute to be established in Canada. The Confucius Institute in Quebec oversaw the following Confucius Classrooms: - ID#93760: Confucius Classroom at College Bourget - ID#93761: Confucius Classroom at College Limoilou