At first, apart from funds for starting up, the French and Chinese governments promised to supply 100,000 francs per year. But at that time the Chinese civil war was raging and the French were facing post-war conditions. In the end they gave assistance to Peking University and Canton's Hsinan University, but were reluctant to pay for travel and living costs for students.
最初在創辦費之外，中、法兩國政府答應每年各提供十萬法郎，但當時中國內戰方酣，鞭長莫及；法國戰後蕭條，自顧不暇，最後還是得北大及廣東西南大學之助，才勉強有了學生的船費及伙食費用。