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

Project narrative

In 2012, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), the Luleå University of Technology (Luleå Tekniska Universitet), and the municipal government of Luleå City signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute in Lulea. 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 2012, Luleå University of Technology, municipal government of Luleå City, and Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (西安建筑科技大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology 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 5, 20012 and it closed in 2019.