Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of Confucius Institute at Yamanashi Gakuin University

Project narrative

On December 5, 2018, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and the Yamanashi Gakuin University signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Yamanashi Gakuin University. 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 2018, the Yamanashi Gakuin University and Xi'an Jiaotong University, the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Xi'an Jiaotong University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially opened on May 12, 2019. This Confucius Institute is the 15th Confucius Institute to be established in Japan.