Sino-German Center for Research Promotion

[1] The initiative of the NSFC and the DFG to found a jointly run center originated with a Chinese proposal in 1994.

The decision to establish such a project was formalised in 1995, when the founding agreement for the SGC was signed in the presence of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Chinese Premier Li Peng.

The guidelines for the SGC's activities are laid down by a joint committee of four Chinese and four German members appointed by the NSFC and the DFG respectively.

The German side of the SGC also represents the DFG as a local point of contact in China for individual researchers and various partner organisations.

Situated between the fourth and fifth ring roads, the SGC is also linked to the metro (line 15; station Qinghuadongluxikou).