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

Project narrative

On February 25, 2007, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Slovak University of Technology signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Bratislava. 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 2007, Slovak University of Technology and Tianjin University (天津大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Tianjin 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 May 17, 2007.