IPP is a leading institute dedicated to policy research in China. IPP’s mission is three-fold: first, to help innovate social sciences based on China’s modernizing experience; second, to produce high-quality policy research; and third, to facilitate international dialogues between scholars, industry experts, and policymakers across different regions on issues of global significance.

IPP was founded in 2012 by Professor Mo Daoming, President of Guangzhou McWaltz Investment Holdings Ltd, and is now headed by Professor Zheng Yongnian, Chair of IPP Academic Committee. In the past decade, IPP’s research has focused on two fronts, namely, China’s national governance and its foreign affairs. IPP proposed the idea of “economic zone of Pan-Pearl River Delta”, which was translated in 2018 into the policy of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. In addition, IPP also produced a great number of policypapers on various aspects of China’s foreign affairs, including Sino-US relations, China’s peripheral diplomacy, and the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2022, IPP was recognized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China as a “Key Partner Institute forPolicy Research.”

IPP is committed to improving China’s academic and policy research through global engagement. We have organized 10 international conferences in the past decade, along with numerous workshops and seminars with international participants. In 2013, Professor Ezra F. Vogel of Harvard University was appointed as IPP’s Honorary Professor. The following year, IPP collaborated with UNESCO to organize an international conference on prospects of China’s economic reform. In 2023, we invited Professor Barry Buzan at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) as a keynote speaker to address the concept of multiple modernities. IPP has engaged actively with international audience through academic discussion over critical issues regarding China’s economic development and the transformation of global order.

Apart from organizing international conference, IPP researchers publish extensively across disciplines including sociology, economics, political economy, law, and international relations. In 2020, IPP launched a book series titled IPP Studies in the Frontiers of China’s Public Policy, which combines original research and theoretical innovation to provide fresh insights into the fast-changing landscape of China’s public policy. To date, we have published seven books in this series, with topics ranging from China’s relations with the world order to housing management in Hong Kong and to China’s healthcare system.

Looking ahead, IPP will continue to deliver rigorous and innovative research to interpret China’s modernization and its relations with the world.