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Exhibit 848

China's Impact on the U.S. Education System, staff report of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Exhibit 848 ยท Congressional staff report

China's Impact on the U.S. Education System, staff report of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

nearly 70 percent of U.S. schools that received more than $250,000 from Hanban failed to properly report that amount to the Department of Education.

Finds that from 2006 China directly provided over $158 million to U.S. schools for Confucius Institutes; that 33 of 48 schools (69 percent) required to report Hanban gifts above $250,000 did not; and that of $51,526,181 that should have been reported for 2012 to 2018, $36,089,456 was not. Scope is China's Hanban only.

Source
U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chairman Portman, Ranking Member Carper)
Date
February 2019
Quoted from
Executive Summary, pp. 2-3
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/PSI%20Report%20China's%20Impact%20on%20the%20US%20Education%20System.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
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Finding POL-6.18
Primary record A February 2019 staff report of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Portman (R) with Senator Carper (D) as ranking member, found that 33 of 48 schools required to report Hanban gifts above $250,000 did not, and that $36,089,456 of $51,526,181 that should have been reported for 2012 to 2018 was missing from Education Department data.