The China Strategy Support Program supports joint research, mutual learning, and capacity strengthening with Chinese institutions as well as policy dialogues and communication to improve evidence-based policymaking processes. A longstanding partnership with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), dating to 1996, includes a research center, influential research projects, events, and scholar exchanges.

IFPRI’s East and Central Asia Office, based in Beijing, works to expand evidence-based policy research and promote capacity building and policy communication in China, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. Focused on research on agriculture and rural development, improving food security and nutrition, designing public policies for poverty reduction, modeling agricultural markets, irrigation development and energy use, and South-South cooperation for agriculture, the office works closely with local research and academic institutions, and supports policy dialogues, conferences, and events to facilitate capacity building in the whole region.