The New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre provides a national platform for China-related capability building and knowledge sharing among tertiary institutions, the business community, and public sector organizations in New Zealand for effective engagement with China.
The China Centre marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China.
This year the Wellington Conference on Contemporary China brings international scholars and policy analysts together for a two-day international conference to examine the trends and emerging pattern of China’s international trade, investment, and activities in other international economic sectors.
The Centre publishes occasional working and discussion papers under the China Research Paper series. This month Paul Comrie-Thomson analyses Chinese Investors Establishing Investments in New Zealand.

The Institutional Dynamics of China's Great Transformation by Xiaoming Huang examines the role of institutions in China’s recent large-scale economic, social and political transformation.