Our work in China

In 1979, upon the establishment of official relations between the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Foundation became the first German political foundation working in the People’s Republic of China. The awareness that education plays a key role in social development soon led to cooperation with the State Education Commission—the predecessor of what is now China’s Ministry of Education—which has been the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s institutional sponsor ever since. This long-standing engagement developed into a regional network dedicated to pooling skills and resources through our project centers and local cooperation projects.

"In the service of democracy, peace and development" is the mission statement of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, which we strive to realize by promoting: