Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute in Liege

Project narrative

On June 2, 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and University of Liege signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Liege. 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, University of Liege and Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Beijing Foreign Studies University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established in October 2006.