Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at the University of Poitiers

Project narrative

On July 31, 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and University of Poitiers (Université de Poitiers) signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at the University of Poitiers. 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, the University of Poitiers and the University of Nanchang (南昌大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. The University of Nanchang agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on October 3, 2005. The Confucius Institute was the first to Confucius Institute to be established in France and the second Confucius Institute to be established in Europe. With the support of the local French government, the University of Poitiers invested €1.5 million EUR to build the Confucius Institute office building. Under the agreement, Hanban would provide teaching methods, manuals, and teachers; a Shenzhen-based company, ZTE, would provide the equipment for organizing video conferences and distance learning. The Confucius Institute at the University of Leipzig oversaw the following Confucius Classroom - ID#101527: Camille Guerin High School