Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Tourism Confucius Institute at Griffith University

Project narrative

In 2011, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Griffith University signed an agreement to establish the Tourism Confucius Institute at Griffith 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 2011, Griffith University and China University of Mining & Technology (Xuzhou), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. China University of Mining & Technology (Xuzhou) 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 16, 2011 and began operation on April 9, 2011. The Tourism Confucius Institute at Griffith University oversaw the following 6 Confucius Classrooms: - ID#94124: Cairns School of Distance Education - ID#94125: Emmanuel College - ID#94126: St Laurence's College - ID#94142: Queensland Academy - ID#94143: Somerset College - ID#94144: Varsity College