The Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (CDZ) –中德科学中心is a research funding institution based in Beijing, established by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
The Center is managed by an internal board, and it handles research proposals in cooperation with both the DFG and the NSFC. The German side of the CDZ also serves as a local point of contact in China for individual researchers and various partner organizations.
The CDZ offers several funding programs for bilateral research, including support for conferences and workshops, mobility funds, and summer schools.
For more information: https://www.dfg.de/en/dfg_profile/head_office/dfg_abroad/beijing/index.html.