Building a virtual European Info Platform on Contemporary China

This topic contributes to the priority areas of action number 9 on promoting a positive environment and level playing field for international cooperation based on reciprocity listed in the Council Conclusions on the Future Governance of the European Research Area[[ https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-14126-2021-INIT/en/pdf]] (ERA). More specifically it aims to satisfy the objective of launching a pilot initiative on the Team Europe approach for a specific world region and/or topic.

This action seeks to bolster a stronger European understanding of contemporary China and to strengthen European’s capacity to sustain the production of such knowledge that is key to develop excellent EU-China policy-making based on facts, independent and unbiased analyses, and foresight. In accordance with the EU-China – A Strategic Outlook Communication of 2019[[ https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/communication-eu-china-a-strategic-outlook.pdf]] and the G