China-Germany ties at a glance

People-to-people exchanges

The China-Germany high-level people-to-people exchange dialogue mechanism was officially launched in May 2017. The mechanism is to deepen cooperation in education, science, technology, culture, youth, political parties, think tanks, media, and promote personnel exchanges between both countries and cooperation in tourism.

Culture

The two countries signed the Agreement on Cultural Exchange in 1979. Since then, frequent activities have been conducted in cultural contacts, artistic expositions and commercial performances.

For example, the Chinese Culture Center opened in Berlin in 2008 providing a window for exchanges and mutual understanding; Activities were held in more than 40 cities in Germany during the 2012-2013 Chinese Culture Year; China and Germany held many activities for the Language Year in 2013; and the year 2016 was called the China-German Youth Exchange Year.

In February this year, two books from China, The Art of Gardening and the Tea Canon, were named “The Most Beautiful Books in the World 2018” by the Stiftung Buchkunst at Leipzig, Germany.
This is the third consecutive year that China has two winning entries in the competition.