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

Project narrative

On April 26, 2013, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the University of Montpellier 2 signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Montpellier. 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 2013, the University of Montpellier 2 and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (成都电子科技大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. The University of Electronic Science and Technology 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 September 19, 2013. The Confucius Institute was the first Confucius Institute in France that involved a technological university.