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

Project narrative

In 2010, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Queensland signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Queensland. 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. On October 2, 2010, the University of Queensland and Tianjin University, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Tianjin University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute began operations on November 19, 2010. The Confucius Institute at the University of Queensland oversaw the following 5 Confucius Classrooms: - ID# 94138: Lourdes Hill College - ID# 94139: Indooroopilly State High School - ID# 94140: Innisfail’s Good Counsel College - ID# 94141: St. Andrews College - ID# 94308: Trinity Bay State High School