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

Project narrative

On February 17, 2009, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Stiftung Ex-Oriente Munich (慕尼黑东方基金会) signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Munich. 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 2009, Stiftung Ex-Oriente Munich and Beijing Foreign Studies University, 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 upgraded to be a Confucius Institute in September 2012. Unlike other Confucius Institutes, the Confucius Institute in Munich is not affiliated with a German university.