Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at University of Rome La Sapienza

Project narrative

On July 4, 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and University of Rome La Sapienza signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at University of Rome La Sapienza. 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, University of Rome La Sapienza and Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Beijing Foreign Studies 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 September 29, 2006. The Confucius Institute at University of Rome La Sapienza oversaw the following five Confucius Classrooms - ID#102847: Università degli Studi di Cagliari - ID#102848: 1Convitto Nazionale di Tivoli - ID#102849: Università della Tuscia - ID#102850: Universita' di Urbino - ID#102851: Liceo Capece