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

Project narrative

On June 2, 2006, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), the University of Duesseldorf (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) and the municipal government of Dusseldorf signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Duesseldorf. 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 June 27, 2006, University of Duesseldorf, the municipal government of Dusseldorf, 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. This Confucius Institute was the third Confucius Institute in Germany to be established and the first Confucius Institute to be established in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The Confucius Institute was officially established on December 6, 2006. This Confucius Institute still exists as of 2024 but the University of Duesseldorf ended its cooperation with Hanban in 2016.