European Hub for Contemporary China

中国是一个重要的全球角色，也是一个领先的经济和技术大国。中国在地缘政治体系中的相关性日益增强，其各种特殊性、复杂性和目标，以及其快速发展和新的政策方向，对欧盟更好地了解当代中国的能力构成了挑战。此外，欧盟需要以自己的方式认识和理解中国：不是通过其他外部来源的镜头，而是从自己的欧洲视角出发。然而，关于当代中国的欧洲水平的专业知识往往是分散的，很难获得。为了克服这一挑战，必须将现有的和新兴的知识节点连接起来，并在一个可公开访问的平台上收集、分类和主流化他们的工作。这种方法将打破藩篱，为政策制定者、研究人员、企业和公民社会提供必要的知识，以全面了解定义当代中国的各个方面。这种办法还将加强信息的传播和促进新知识的产生。在这方面，EuroHub4Sino项目建立在四个相互联系和相互依存的支柱上，这四个支柱预计(a)开发一个最先进的数字平台，这是以前的项目/倡议所没有的，因为他们必须依靠自己的资源进行研究/合作。这个平台还将更好地为更广泛的公民社会服务，使独立的欧洲知识成为主流。一个包容和多样化的(b)网络将在其(c)合作研究和传播活动中充分利用数字平台。EuroHub4Sino开发了一种创新和可持续的商业模式，目的是在项目结束后，这个包容性网络和增强型数字平台将继续运作。

China is a key global actor and a leading economic and technological power. China’s increasing relevance in the geopolitical system, its various specificities, complexities and goals as well as its rapid evolution and new policy directions pose challenge to the EU’s capacity to better understand contemporary China. Furthermore, the European Union needs to get to know and understand China on its own terms: not through the lens of other external sources but from its own European perspective. However, the European level expertise on contemporary China is often fragmented and difficult to access. To overcome this challenge, it is essential to connect established and emerging knowledge nodes as well as gathering, categorising, and mainstreaming their work on a publicly accessible platform. This approach will break down siloes and provide policy-makers, researchers, businesses, and civil society with the necessary knowledge to develop a comprehensive understanding of the various aspects that define contemporary China. Such an approach will also enhance the dissemination of information and facilitate the generation of new knowledge. In this regard, EuroHub4Sino project is built upon four interconnected and interdependent pillars that foresees (a) to develop a state-of-the-art digital platform which was absent in previous projects/initiatives as they had to rely on their own resources in their research/cooperation efforts. This platform will also better serve the wider civil society in mainstreaming independent European knowledge. An inclusive and diverse (b) network will make the most of the digital platform in its (c) collaborative research and communication activities. EuroHub4Sino has (d) developed an innovative and sustainable business model with an aim that this inclusive network and enhanced digital platform will continue working following the end of the project.