Commencement of the Education Policy Dialogue
1979
The Bavarian Minister of State for Labor and Social Issues and Chairman of the Hanns Seidel
Foundation, Mr. Dr. Fritz Pirkl, establishes ties with the People's Republic of China through
the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
1980
Commencement of the education policy dialogue between the State Education Commission of
China (predecessor of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China) and the
Free State of Bavaria
The State Education Commission of China, represented by Vice Minister Mr. Li Tao, and the
Hanns Seidel Foundation, represented by Mr. Dr. Rainer Gepperth, Head of the Institute of
International Contact and Cooperation, sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation
in the field of education
Official establishment of the relations with the Chinese People's Association for Friendship
with Foreign Countries
1981
Decision makers of the State Education Commission investigate the education system in Germany
during a several-month study visit to Germany
Set up of an international scholarship program for Chinese scientists and post graduates in
collaboration with the State Education Commission
Set Up and Development of Model Projects
1983
The first cooperation agreement on building up model projects in the PR China is signed
by Dr. Fritz Pirkl, Chairman of Hanns Seidel Foundation, and Mr. Zhang Wensong,
Vice Chairman of the State Education Commission
Establishment of a Vocational Training Center for skilled workers and technicians in Nanjing
(Jiangsu province); training focuses on basic construction trades; and establishment of
a Teacher Training Center that provides post and advancement qualifications for teachers
from primary and secondary schools in Shanghai
1984
Establishment of a Management Training Center that provides training for corporate and
administrative service managers in Hangzhou (Zhejiang province)
Building up of a Language Training Center at the Beijing University offering courses in
„German as a Foreign Language“(project transfer in 1994)
1985
Establishment of a Vocational Training Center in Shanghai in collaboration with the Shanghai
Instrumentation & Electronics Holding Group Company and the Education Commission
Shanghai; training focuses on electrical, metal and automotive trades
Building up of a Vocational Training Center in Shiyan (Hubei province) in collaboration with
the Dongfeng Motor Corporation; training focuses on metal and electro-technical trades
1988
Establishment of the Teacher Training Center Zhejiang in Hangzhou in collaboration with the
Education Commission of Zhejiang province
Establishment of the National Academy for Brewing Technology in Wuhan (Hubei province),
the first of its kind in China, in collaboration with the State Education Commission of the PR
China, the Ministry of Light Industry, the government of Hubei province and the Bavarian
State Ministry of Economy plus the Hanns Seidel Foundation on the German side; training is
offered for brewers and malters
Building up of a Vocational Training Center in Changchun, Jilin province (project transfer in
1993) and in Changsha, Hubei province (project transfer in 1996)
1989
Establishment of a Vocational Training Center in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in collaboration
with the Yuejin Automobile Corporation; training focuses on electrical and metal trades
1990
Establishment of a Vocational Training Center and Teacher Training Center in Pingdu and
Cuizhao (Teaching Test Farm), Shandong province, in collaboration with the Education
Commission Qingdao; training focuses on agricultural and technical trades in rural areas
Establishment of a Vocational Training Center in Weifang, Shandong province in collaboration
with the Diesel Motor Works Weifang; training focuses on metal, electrical and automotive trades
Development and implementation of a rural development and land consolidation program in
the village community Nanzhanglou, Shandong province, in collaboration with the village and
county administration, the Bavarian State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Hanns
Seidel Foundation
Within the cooperation in science between the Free State of Bavaria and the Shandong
province the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Qingdao University enter into a partnership: an
institute for German Studies is set up that offers the Bachelor degree program “German as
Foreign Language”. Cooperation partner on the academic side is the University of Bayreuth .
1993
Opening of the Co-ordination and Information Center (COORD) in Beijing; main task is the
promotion of an education policy and socio-political dialogue
Education Transfer to Western China
Since 1997
Education transfer to less developed regions in Western China
1998
Establishment of a Vocational Teacher Training Center in Qingzhou, Shandong province that
offers vocational teacher and trainer training; in 2001 the center is recognized as a national
key school by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
1999
Establishment of relations with the School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
of China in Beijing
2000
Establishment of relations with the All China Women's Federation in Beijing
Regional Project China: Success through Networking Competencies
2002
Establishment of the Regional Project China
Within the scope of the Regional Project, cooperation agreements are signed with the
Education Commissions of the provinces Gansu, Yunnan and Guizhou and the
Autonomous Region Ningxia
First cooperation agreement is signed with the School of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China
Commencement of the cooperation with the Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center of
the Ministry of Land and Resources
Establishment of an inland scholarship program in collaboration with the Chinese
People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Establishment of the German-Chinese University of Cooperative Education in Shiyan in
collaboration with the Education Commission of Hubei province, the University of
Collaborative Education Stuttgart and the Hanns Seidel Foundation
2003
First cooperation agreement with the All China Women's Federation is signed; the general
objective is the promotion of women in rural areas in Western China
2004
Establishment of the Chinese-German University of Applied Sciences in Shanghai in
collaboration with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the Education
Commission Shanghai, the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and Arts and the
Hanns Seidel Foundation
Establishment of a national Education and Research Center for Land Consolidation and
Rural Development in Qingzhou in collaboration with the Ministry of Land and Resources
and the Hanns Seidel Foundation; the project's main objective is the promotion of rural areas
2005
Establishment of the Association of Former Alumni of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in China
The Hanns Seidel Foundation celebrates its 25 anniversary of its cooperation with China in Beijing
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