General Highlights:

Gallery
New "China"：Porcelain Art from Jingdezhen, 1910–2012 ~ September 21, 2012 - February 17, 2013
Last chance! The Gallery's current exhibition, New "China"：Porcelain Art from Jingdezhen, 1910–2012, closes on February 17, 2013. More...

Education
Business Weekend Intensive Course ~ February 2 & 3, 2013
Join us for a two-day intensive Business Chinese class, suggested for students who have at least an intermediate level of Chinese. Using our customized curriculum, this class will offer students the chance to learn and practice vocabulary and communication skills we find to be most important when conducting business in Chinese. More...

Understanding China Through Literature and the Arts ~ Begins February 13, 2013
K-12 educators in all subjects are encouraged to join our twelve-week, 36-hour, professional development course that explores how to use different genres of Chinese literature and art to effectively and innovatively teach about Chinese culture while meeting national, state, and city-wide teaching standards. More...

Plan for Better Teaching ~ Begins February 24, 2013
Join us for a short course designed for in-service Chinese language teachers to learn best practices in the standards-based K-12 classroom. Participants will learn key concepts and examine issues relating to curriculum development, instruction, and assessment from Dr. Wei-Ling Wu. More...

Summer Study in China（SSC）~ Summer 2013
Ask us about our new program offerings! Building upon the success of past programs, China Institute will now be hosting three different Summer Study in China（SSC）programs：an intensive language program in Beijing（SSC–Beijing）, an experiential travel program in Yunnan（SSC–Southwest）, and a language immersion and travel program traveling from Beijing to East China（SSC–East China）. Students will spend their summers exploring a wide variety of areas in China, continuing their Chinese language studies and investigating the country’s economical, cultural, historical and geological diversity. More...

Special Events
Chinese New Year Celebration ~ February 8, 2013
Join us as we ring in the Year of the Snake at Cipriani 42nd Street on February 8, 2013. The evening includes a reception, a banquet style dinner, a lion dance and Shaolin monk performance and features singer Hsuan（Amanda）Ma. More...

Chinese New Year Celebration for Families ~ February 10, 2013
Kick off the Year of the Snake with a lion dance and Chinese Kung Fu demonstration held in front of China Institute on East 65th Street at 11 AM（FREE!）. Following the lion dance, join our calligraphy/couplet making, dumpling making, and/or paper cutting workshops inside of China Institute. More...

SAVE THE DATE：China Institute Gala ~ May 17, 2013
On Friday, May 17, 2013 China Institute will hold its annual Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street honoring Jay M. Goffman, Global Head of Corporate Restructuring at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and China Institute trustee.
For further information, please call 212.744.8181, ext. 139 or email lmcdonald@chinainstitute.org.

Members' Events
Young Associates Chinese New Year Soirée ~ February 22, 2013
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with the China Institute Young Associates at Shun Lee Café. More...

Corporate Programs
Corporate Book Signing - What Chinese Want by Tom Doctoroff ~ February 4, 2013
As China races toward becoming the world's largest economy and a formidable superpower, we need to better understand the ways their people are changing and the ways they're staying Chinese. What Chinese Want：Culture, Communism and China's Modern Consumer sets the record straight about the worldview, consumer desires, and values of a people who are rapidly modernizing but not becoming more like us. Having been at the intersection of Chinese commerce and culture for twenty years, Tom Doctoroff, Asia Pacific CEO, JWT, brings a nuanced, birds eye perspective to interpret China's consumer and business behavior in the context of their distinct and enduring worldview. More...

China Briefcase Series - Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility in China ~ February 28, 2013
In collaboration with The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy（CECP）. Please mark your calendar, event details are to come soon. Please email corporate@chinainstitute.org for updates or check back here.

Renwen Society
Author's Talk and Book Signing：My Royal Family ~ February 24, 2013
The Renwen Society at China Institute presents an author's talk and book signing by Ms. Aisin-Gioro Hengyi, or rather Princess Aisin-Gioro Hengyi, on her recently published book, My Royal Family on Sunday, February 24, 2013, 2-4 pm. Hengyi is a direct descendant of the Qing royal family. Her ancestor of the fifth ascending generation was Emperor Dao Guang（Reigned 1821-1851）. Before the establishment of the Republic of China, her family inherited the title of The Prince of Dun. The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Xuan Tong（Puyi）, was her grand-uncle. In this new book of hers, the author sheds a rare light on her rare family. More...