Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Groningen Confucius Institute

Project narrative

On December 10, 2010, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) signed an agreement to establish the Groningen Confucius Institute (GCI). Both universities formed the Groningen Confucius Institute Foundation (中国传媒大学和格罗宁根孔子学院基金会) that also included the Netherlands’ Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and the municipality of Groningen. 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 (see: “Insert Source here"). On In 2011, the University of Groningen and Communication University of China (中国传媒大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Communication University of China agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on May 27, 2011. It was the second Confucius Institute to be established in the Netherlands. The Groningen Confucius Institute oversaw the following 12 Confucius Classrooms - ID#102463: Theresia lyceum - ID#102464: Christelijke Scholengemeenschap Vincent van Gogh - ID#102465: Kandinsky College - ID#102466: Lorentz Lyceum - ID#102467: Cals College Nieuwegein - ID#102468: Scholengemeenschap De Goudse Waarden - ID#102469: Wolfert Tweetalig - ID#102470: Kastanjepoort OBS in Erichem - ID#102471: Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar - ID#102472: PCC Het Lyceum - ID#102473: Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet - ID#102474: Stedelijk College Eindhoven