East Asian Institute

The East Asian Institute(EAl)was set up in April 1997 as an autonomous research organization under a statute of the National University of Singapore (NUS). It is the successor of the former Institute of East Asian Philosophies (IEAP), originally established by Dr Goh Keng Swee in 1983 for the study of Confucianism.

The main mission of EAI is to promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development, particularly the political, economic and social development of contemporary China, and China's growing economic relations with the region and the world at large, including Japan, Korea and ASEAN. To promote academic exchange and to enable its research findings to reach out to a wider segment of the pubic, EAI organizes seminars and publishes research papers on a regular basis. EAI also participates in joint research projects with government ministries and statutory boards in Singapore, promotes collaborative programmes with similar institutions in the region as well as organizes regional and international conferences and workshops on East Asian issues. The long-term vision of EAI is to develop into the region’s foremost research institution on East Asian development. While its initial focus is on contemporary China, the Institute may in future extend its research efforts to Japan and Korea as it builds up its resources.