For more than 35 years, the Free State of Bavaria has been in contact with China, also in the context of the partnership with Shandong Province (1987), Guangdong Province (2004) and Sichuan Province (2023). This bilaterally consolidated relationship achieved many successes of economic, cultural and academic exchange. More than 260 cooperation agreements between Bavarian universities and Chinese universities in 2024 document Bavaria's great interest in Chinese science and vice versa.

The attractiveness of Bavaria as a science location for Chinese researchers and universities is confirmed not only by the numerous university cooperations, but also by the number of Chinese students in Bavaria, which remains unchanged at a high level and has now exceeded the mark of 9,242 students (winter semester 2023/2024).

In response to the increased interest of Bavarian universities and researchers in academic cooperation with China, the Bavarian University Center for China (BayCHINA) was established at the University of Bayreuth in 2007 in consultation between the Bavarian Rectors' Conferences (Universität Bayern e.V. and Hochschule Bayern e.V.) and the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts with the aim of strengthening academic relations between China and Bavaria.

Following this mission, BayCHINA supports and promotes the concrete encounter between students and researchers of both regions, accompanies and advises cooperations in research & teaching, maintains contacts to Chinese academic institutions and acts as an information, networking and contact point.

Philipp Dengel
Managing Director
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 54 56
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55 54 65
philipp.dengel[at]baychina.de

Dr. Peng Kuang
Project Manager
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 54 57
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55 54 65
peng.kuang[at]baychina.de

Sabine Hacke
Office
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 54 55
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55 54 65
sabine.hacke[at]baychina.de

Sabine Sünkel
Program Officer
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 54 54
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55 54 65
sabine.suenkel[at]baychina.de

Huanan Zheng
Podcast 'PingPang-Talk'
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 54 57
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55 54 65
huanan.zheng[at]baychina.de

Michael Malzer
Regional Studies SinoZert
Phone: +49 (0) 931 31-86124
michael.malzer[at]uni-wuerzburg.de

Karolin Kollmorgen
Project Manager
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 54 64
karolin.kollmorgen[at]baychina.de

Carolin Dörnhöfer
Project Assistant
Phone: +49 (0) 921 55 54 64
carolin.doernhoefer[at]baychina.de

Xiaowei Song
Office Manager
xiaowei.song[at]baychina.de

Long Cheng
Project Manager
long.cheng[at]baychina.de

Prof. Dr. Sascha Müller-Feuerstein
President
Ansbach University of Applied Sciences
 

Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner
Senior Professor Sinology, IKGF Managing Director
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
 

Prof. Dr. mult. Wolfgang Mastnak
University of Music and Theatre Munich
Beijing Normal University
 

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Meckl (Speaker of the Board of Directors)
Chair of International Management
University of Bayreuth 

Armin Schwimmbeck
Department China, Near and Middle East, Turkey
Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (StMWI)

Martina Schmitz
Department F.4, EU Affairs, Internationalization
Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts (StMWK)

Susanne Otte
Department P21, German Study Programs in Europe, Asia and Central Asia
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Janina Steinle
Department: Economics and Foreign Trade, North America, China
Bavarian Business Association (vbw)

Josef Tost
Managing Director
Upper Franconia Student Union (SWO)

Veronika Eichinger
Hanns-Seidel Stiftung (HSS)