Organizations and Resources Network

The National Institute of Chinese Studies (NICS) is an international center of excellence incorporating the department of East Asian Studies and other scholars at the Universities of Leeds and Scheffield under the umbrella of the White Rose East Asia Centre. The Institute pools joint resources and expertise in language provision and in the social sciences and humanities in order to create a unified and focused center for research and postgraduate training on China. NCIS addresses the major social, cultural, political and economic issues facing modern China.