Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute of Paris Diderot University

Project narrative

On December 6, 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Paris Diderot University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute of Paris Diderot University. 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 June 2006, Paris Diderot University and Wuhan University (武汉大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Wuhan 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 March 16, 2007. The Confucius Institute was the first Confucius Institute to be established in Paris. It began recruiting students from October 2006 and it had 400 students in November 2009.