Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at University College West Flanders

Project narrative

On February 20, 2012, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and University College West Flanders signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at University College West Flanders. 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 2012, University College West Flanders and Zhejiang Gongshang University (浙江工商大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Zhejiang Gongshang 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 April 19, 2012. This was the fourth Confucius Institute to be established in Belgium.