Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Group T-International Engineering Academy-University of Leuven

Project narrative

On April 24, 2006, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Group T-International Engineering Academy signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Group T-International Engineering Academy-University of Leuven. 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 September 22, 2006, Group T-International Engineering Academy and Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Beijing Jiaotong 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 November 20, 2008. This was the third Confucius Institute to be established in Belgium. It worked with Hanban and the Chinese Embassy in Belgium to hold the first European Conference of Confucius Institutes in 2009.