Our Mission: To promote US-China relations through education and exchange for next-generation leaders.
“The most important bilateral relationship in the world is between the United States and China. If these two countries don’t get along, the world doesn’t have a hope or a prayer.”
So declared Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch in 1998, while conducting seminars with top students at Peking University as part of its 100th anniversary celebration. Her conviction is even stronger now, as the US-China Education Trust celebrates 20 years of promoting its three transformative principles: knowledge; understanding; and cooperation.
Today, 73 Chinese academic institutions are affiliated with USCET through the American Studies Network and the Media Education Consortium, giving professors greater understanding to teach knowledgeably about the US. “Tomorrow’s leaders come from the university-educated, and the faculty has the greatest multiplier effect,” said Ambassador Bloch of USCET’s expanding academic influence and its ties to major Chinese political and policy institutions.
USCET is unique among organizations involved in US-China relations in its focus on serving China’s scholars, professionals and future leaders with resources in concert with their own institutions. USCET projects build confidence, basic understanding, and trust between China and the United States through support for American Studies, Media Education, and American Governance programs at China’s leading academic and policy institutions. USCET helps China’s next-generation leaders understand American society in the context of the political, cultural, and economic forces that have given rise to America and its values.
我们的使命：加强两国“明日领袖”人文交流，改善中美关系。
“中美关系是当今世界最重要的双边关系。如果两国不能和谐相处，整个世界也将前途暗淡。”
1998年，在北京大学“百年校庆”活动的一场研讨会上，中美教育基金创始主席张之香大使对北大的高才生们如是说道。如今， 在以弘扬“知识、理解和合作”为宗旨的中美教育基金成立二十周年之际，她对这一信念更加坚定不移。
如今，中美教育基金通过其美国研究联络会与73所中国高等院校建立了合作关系，帮助中国广大教师更好地理解如何教授有关美国的课程。谈到基金会不断扩大的学术影响，以及与中国主要政策研究机构日益增多的联系，张大使说：“明日的领袖必将从大学生中产生，而教师队伍对他们具有最广泛的影响力。”
中美教育基金在众多从事中美关系研究的机构中独树一帜，专注于向中国研究教学机构提供资源，帮助当地学者、专业人士和青年学子从事学习与研究。通过支持中国的顶尖高校和政策性智库开展的美国研究以及美国治理等项目，中美教育基金致力于促进中美两国之间建立互信做出了贡献。中美教育基金结合政治、文化和经济等影响美国价值观等方面的因素，致力于帮助中国的下一代年轻人更深入地理解美国社会。