China Development Institute (CDI) is a China-based think tank headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong.
CDI is also tasked with expanding international academic exchanges and cooperation between think tanks and private enterprise.
[1] CDI has approximately 100 full-time staff and with a network of affiliated scholars and experts from the region.
[4] In December 2015, CDI was accredited as one of top 25 national high level think tanks in a pilot project of the Chinese central government which is aimed at promoting the building of new type think tanks with Chinese characteristics.
In September 2015 CDI started a collaborative relationship with Z/Yen Group in London, UK and jointly launched the biannual Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), a research publication which evaluates and ranks the competitiveness of the major financial centres around the world.