Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute at BCIT

Project narrative

In July 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at BCIT. 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 July 2005, Confucius Institute at BCIT and China’s Southwest University (西南大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Southwest 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 February 7, 2006. It was Canada’s first Confucius Institute and it was closed in the summer of 2019. The Confucius Institute at BCIT oversaw the following Confucius Classrooms: - ID#93759: Confucius Classroom at Algonquin College - ID#93762: Confucius Classroom at Surrey School District