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

Project narrative

In 2006, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Melbourne signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Melbourne. 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 2006, the University of Melbourne and Nanjing University, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Nanjing 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 June 25, 2007 but it began operating in the second half of 2006. This Confucius Institute was the first to be established in the state of Victoria. There are four Confucius Institutes in the Melbourne area, with the other three Confucius Institutes being the Confucius Institute at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the Confucius Institute at La Trobe University, and the Business Confucius Institute at Victoria University. The Confucius Institute at the University of Melbourne oversaw the following 9 Confucius Classrooms: - ID# 94137: Keysborough Secondary College - ID# 94145: Melbourne Girls' College - ID# 94146: Traralgon College - ID# 94147: Firbank Grammar School - ID# 94321: Alkira Secondary College - ID# 94322: Kurnai College - ID# 94323: Lowanna College - ID# 94324: Richmond West Primary School - ID# 94325: St Catherine's School