Since 2017, Harvard China Fund has been supporting the Program on International Financial Systems (PIFS) in its research and conferences on U.S.-China financial systems. Each year, PIFS convenes one of the most important international symposia on U.S.-China financial relations, bringing together senior policymakers, financial sector executives, and academics to foster dialogue on the two countries’ […]
Our Impact
The Harvard China Fund supports scholarship and academic exchange between Harvard and Chinese researchers, with projects ranging from collaboration on China’s disabilities system to cutting edge research on climate change, partnerships focused on modernizing China’s medical system, and legal reform.
Fieldwork Reimagined: Insights from the Landscape Colloquium
Gareth Doherty, an Associate Professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, received a Faculty Conference Grant to host a colloquium surrounding Landscape Architecture at Harvard Center Shanghai in 2024. The colloquium has played an essential role in facilitating cross-cultural communications as well as promoting fieldwork practices in the field of Landscape Architecture.
Stories
From student internships and summer school to faculty grants supporting cross-cultural academic exchange and U.S.-China collaboration, Harvard China Fund is working to promote dialogue and deeper U.S.-China understanding.
July 17, 2025 In May 2025, a team from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University completed a 16-day visit to China, deepening international partnerships in botanical research and conservation. Supported by the Harvard China Fund, the Arboretum hosted a conference and field excursion for the North American China Plant Exploration Consortium (NACPEC). This trip served
Our internship program participant Dian Yu (’26) shares her experience this past summer interning at One Plus One Group in Shanghai, a disability rights non-profit.
Our summer school program participant Alexandre Benoit (’26) shares his experience in Shanghai.
Faculty Grant recipient Professor Scott Edwards traveled to China last August to participate in an important symposium on desertification and biodiversity in Northwest China.
Gareth Doherty, an Associate Professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, received a Faculty Conference Grant to host a colloquium surrounding Landscape Architecture at Harvard Center Shanghai in 2024. The colloquium has played an essential role in facilitating cross-cultural communications as well as promoting fieldwork practices in the field of Landscape Architecture.