Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Project narrative

On October 3, 2008, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. 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 2013, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The agreement was renewed in 2018. The Confucius Institute was officially established on October 3, 2010 but it began operations on June 20, 2010. The Confucius Institute ended in 2021.