The Chinese authorities recently accredited Zhang Yan as head of the Mercator Foundation’s representative office in Beijing. She can now officially take up her duties. As a graduate in German studies and an expert on European culture and economics, Zhang Yan has already worked as a project manager in the Beijing office since 2012 – the only representative office of a German foundation in China that is not affiliated with any political party.
The most important task of Zhang Yan and he [...]