Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris

Project narrative

In 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Chinese Cultural Center in Paris (Centre Culturel De Chine A Paris) signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris. 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 2005, Chinese Cultural Center in Paris and the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. The Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic 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 December 29, 2005.