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

Project narrative

In 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Western Australia signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia. 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 2005, the University of Western Australia and Zhejiang University, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Zhejiang 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 May 20, 2005 but it began operations on June 26, 2006. This Confucius Institute was the first to be established in Australia. The Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia oversaw the following Confucius Classroom: - ID# 94174: Mercedes College