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

Project narrative

On August 29, 2007, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), University of Bergen, and Bergen University College signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Bergen. 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 October 24, 2007, University of Bergen, Bergen University and Beijing Sports University (北京体育大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Shanghai 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 24, 2007 and it began operations on January 1, 2008. This was the only Confucius Institute to be established in Norway. It was closed in 2021.