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Mission and History
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Mission
China Institute advances a deeper understanding of China through programs in education, culture, business and art in the belief that cross-cultural understanding strengthens our global community. History China Institute was founded in 1926 by a group of distinguished American and Chinese educators including John Dewey, Hu Shih, Paul Monroe and Dr. Kuo Ping-wen. It is the oldest bicultural organization in America devoted exclusively to China. Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1944 as a school of continuing education, our school of Chinese studies is the oldest educational center of its kind in the United States.
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Noted politicians and academics mingle with Chinese students from across the U.S. at China Institute’s formal opening on December 1, 1944, at its current location on 65th Street. FRONT ROW: left to right: Dr. P.W. Kuo, Lillian Dong, Mme. Wei Tao-ming, Dr. Hu Shih, Mrs. Henry Winters Luce, Ambassador Wei Tao-Ming, Catherine Lee, Mrs. Chih Meng, Yeh Li-fah, BACK ROW: Chih Meng, Henry R. Luce, Hanson Huang, James Ling, Edwin Kwoh, Julia Liu, J.Y. Yen, Shelly Mark, Eddie Toy, Max Zung
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