France is "Europe's China", or, more precisely, "the country in the middle of Europe" (Ouzhou de Zhongguo) - meaning it occupies the same central position as China in Asia. How to dispel Westerners' misunderstanding about Chinese people and reciprocally? How to deepen the mutual understanding and  further grow the strong affinities existing between France and China?

Two important partners accompany the Foundation in this initiative:

• In China, the Development Research Centre (DRC), organism which depends of the Council of State Affairs;
• In France, ESCP Europe, the oldest management school in the world, with which it set up a centre of research and French-Chinese expertise.