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The Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) is the largest U.S.-based organization dedicated to academic and professional activities relating to Chinese politics. The ACPS (a non-profit, non-political entity) has provided leadership, professional opportunities, and intellectual exchange to those interested in Chinese political studies for almost two decades. Since its founding in 1986, the ACPS has grown to an organization of nearly 1000 members. It has held more than two dozen conferences and workshops around the globe, established a top international journal on Chinese politics (the Journal of Chinese Political Science), and overseen the publication of around 20 books.

News and Announcements

2012-25th annual meeting and int symposium (San Francisco, CA, USA)

“China's New Leadership and its Domestic and International Challenges.” The Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) will hold its 25th annual meeting and international symposium, from September 22-23, 2012, in San Francisco, California on the campus of San Francisco State University (SFSU). The conference is hosted by the ACPS and co-sponsored by the ACPS, the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies at SFSU, and the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Foundation.

Conference Theme This year will witness the turnover of China’s Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee and the leadership of the CCP. Aside from intrigues about who actually will assume China’s top positions, there are questions about the extent to which this transition may (or may not) herald changes in China’s... Read more

ACPS-Hong Kong Institute of Education-Report on the 2011 Workshop 40 Years after Sino-American normalization

On December 3, 2011, the United States (US) Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) and the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), held a workshop entitled “40 Years after Sino- American Normalization: A New Dawn or A New Darkness” on the campus of HKIEd in Tai Po, Hong Kong.

Report on the ACPS-China Foreign Affairs University October 2011 International Conference

ACPS announces winner of 2011 ACPS-KCL (London) Best Graduate Student Paper Award

Mr. Sebastian Biba has won the best graduate student paper award for his paper "Examining China's International Hydro-politics: Desecuritization as the Leading Concept"

ACPS Institutional Members

College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University, Taipei	Contemporary Chinese Politics Research Institute, Shenzhen University
China Center for Strategic Studies, Peking University	Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies (CUSCPS), San Francisco State University
Institute for Advanced Study on Social Sciences (IAS), Fudan University	Institute for Political Development and Governance (IPDG), Peking University