The UCLA Asia Pacific Center promotes greater knowledge and understanding of Asia and the Pacific region on campus and in the community through innovative research, teaching, public programs, and local and international collaborations. The Center focuses on the inter-Asian and transpacific cultural and social connections from historical, contemporary, and comparative perspectives. It also encourages interdisciplinary work on cross-border and supranational issues such as language and culture, population and environment, technology, politics, socioeconomic development, and sustainability in the ongoing processes of globalization.

The Asia Pacific Center is currently home to the UCLA Taiwan Studies Program, the UCLA Program on Central Asia (PoCA), and the UCLA Cantonese Heritage Initiative. The Center has also served as an academic partner of the Global Chinese Philanthropy Initiative, and was designated an East Asian National Resource Center from 2023-2026 by the US Department of Education.

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