Project ID: 88631

China opens a Confucius Institute at Tribhuvan University at Nepal

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Nepal

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2018-06-14

Planned start

2018-06-15

Actual start

2018-06-15

Geography

Description

On June 15, 2018, East China University of Technology (ECUT) signed an agreement with Tribhuvan University under the supervision of the Ministry of Education of China to open a Confucius Institute. On October 13, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping officially signed the construction agreement with Nepali Prime Minister at Kathmandu. On April 14, 2020, Hanban officially approved both ECUT and Qinghai University of Nationalities to open the Confucius Institute at Tribhuvan University. The Confucius Institute is the second Confucius Institute in Nepal. On August 19, 2020, the Confucius Institute hosted the first online Chinese-tutoring program, attracting over 90 students.

Additional details

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Tribhuvan University [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Qinghai University of Nationalities [Miscellaneous Agency Type]