The Hellenic Center for Sinology, has the founding purpose of acting as a bridge and platform for the promotion of academic cooperation between China and Greece and more broadly, SE Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean in the fields of Sinology and Chinese Studies, organizing and implementing research and academic activities, and facilitating the exchange of researchers and students in the field of Chinese Studies and related fields of knowledge. The Center also supports the development of joint research projects in which scholars from Greece and China participate.