Hopkins-Nanjing Center

The Johns Hopkins University – Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies

Type	Private
Established	1986
Academic affiliation	Johns Hopkins University Nanjing University
Director	David J. Davies Chengzhou He
Postgraduates	175
Location	Nanjing, China
Website	http://hnc.nju.edu.cn/ http://sais-jhu.edu/hnc

The Hopkins–Nanjing Center (Simplified Chinese: 中美文化研究中心), an international campus of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, is a joint educational venture between Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University that opened in Nanjing, China in 1986. Former Hopkins President Steven Muller and former NJU President Kuang Yaming worked together to create the Center, recognizing the importance of improved understanding and relations between their respective countries. Muller believed China to be "the country of the future."

In 1984, Steven Muller, then the president of The Johns Hopkins University, conceived of the Center as a legacy of his presidency, and as an opportunity for JHU to be the first American university to establish a formal presence in China. Nanjing University was chosen as a partner because of its prestige, as one of the best universities in China, because of its location, and because of its willingness to devote resources to the Center. The Center opened in 1986, and has operated continuously since, even during tumultuous periods like the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests and the 2003 SARS crisis. In the latter case, the program was shifted to a temporary location in Hawaii for the duration of the outbreak.

Today, the Center is known in the United States as a preeminent institution for the training of Americans with China-focused careers.

The mission of the Hopkins–Nanjing Center is "to develop and train professionals to provide leadership in managing successful bilateral and multilateral relationships involving China and the West in an increasingly complex international environment."

The Center is unique in that it is the only joint program of its kind in China. The Hopkins–Nanjing Center offers an opportunity for students to appreciate how Western and Chinese societies view themselves and how they interact with other cultures. Students benefit from modern facilities, such as the only uncensored, open-stacks library in China, offering both English and Chinese collections.