Predecessing organizations and history of foundation
1932
Prof. Zhu Jiahua (1893-1963), who studied in Germany during the 1910s and
1920s, founds from with own funds and donations the first club house for the
association of Chinese graduate students of German universities. One year
later the construction of the first associationīs house for the newly
founded cultural association.
1933
The
association of Chinese graduate students of German universities as well as
the German-Austrian-Swiss-Club found the Chinese-German Cultural Association
in Nanjing and elect Prof. Zhu Jiahua as their first president.
1936
Completion and festive opening of the associationīs house.
The cultural
associationīs work in Nanjing
1934
The German ambassador Trautmann, member of the association, honors Prof. Zhu
with the high decoration for his contributions for the Chinese-German
relations. Later Prof. Zhu is also given an award by the Academy of Sciences
in Berlin.
The cultural
associationīs work during the Chongqing time
1936 The
Sino-Japanese war breaks out. The cultural association and the association
of Chinese graduate students retreat together with the government to
Chongqing and Hankou respectively.
Ambassador Trautmann tries in vain to
mediate between China and Japan.
The recently finished
associationīs house in Nanjing is used for different purposes, like a
refugee camp and events of the German community.
The cultural association after the end of the Second World War
Oct. 1945 The associationīs house is used as
the US-American embassy.
July 1946
Apart from the building of legislative (???) Yuan, another new associationīs
house is built.
1948
Opening of the building , which is
used jointly by the cultural association and the Association of chinese
graduate students of German universities.
Due to the civil war,
the situation in Nanjing is becoming more and more instable. The government
is retreating from communist groups to Taiwan. The association is following
the government.
The
cultural association in Taiwan
Dec. 1949 Prof. Zhu flees to Taiwan
Spring 1950 The association is refounded.
1949
Dr. Theodor
Strewe organizes the German-Chinese Association e.V. (??) in Berlin, which
promotes the new start of Germanīs relations with China and fosters close
relations with the cultural association.
1956
The DAAD
appoints the association with the examination of Taiwanese applicants for
the DAAD-scholarship.
April 1961
The assciation starts to offer language exams.
The cultural
associationīs contacts with Western Germany after 1955.
since 1955
Apart from the selection of applicants for the DAAD scholarship, teh
cultural association is also helping many other students planning
self-financed studies to organize the necessary formalities.
During 29 years,
233 students who have been examined by the association, receive a DAAD
scholarship for studies in Germany.
1961
To make its
work more efficient, three work groups are built inside the association, who
are in charge of the academic exchange, the organisation of events and the
promotion of economic relations, e.g. help to overcome the language barriers
or to search for suitable business partners. Furthermore a finance
commission is set up.
1962
Dr. Wiercimok
opens the German Cultural Center as representation of the Federal Republic
of Germany. A fruitful cooperation develops and the Cultural Assocation is
leaving the language exams, which were organized by the association until
that point, to the German Cultural Center.
1963 Death
of the president of many years and founder Zhu Jiahua. His successor is
general Jiang Weiguo (1916-1997).
1965
The association
is given the right to notarize official documents and translations.
1965
Renaming of the
association to "Sino-German Cultural and Economic Association" (
Chinesisch-Deutscher Kultur- und Wirtschaftsverband)
1981
Foundation of
the German Economic Office in Taipei.
The Association has
547 members, 493 Chinese, 42 Germans and 12 organisations. Besides four new
work groups are formed.
1.
Seminar about
the German language
2.
Promotion of
business contacts
3.
Academic
exchange
4.
Legal
groundwork of cooperation
The SGCE during the last ten years
Sept. 1986 Jiang
Weiguo becomes general secretary of the National Security Council and
resigns from his position of board director due to lack of time. However, he
still participates in the association as president of honor. Yang Jizeng
(1898-1992) becomes the new president, who has studied at the Technical
University of Charlottenburg (today TU Berlin).
Aug. 1988 Dr. Pan
Shuren is elected president. Dr. Wang Renyong (received his PHD in 1970 in
Heidelberg) is confirmed as representative as well as general secretary.
Jan. 1990
The association publishes a bilingual (German/Chinese) weekly magazine. 83
issues are published until May 1992.
Jan. 1993 Dr. Shi
Qiyang (1971 PHD in Heidelberg) becomes the new president of the association. Prof.
Wang Renyong remains respresentative. Mr. Dr. Wei Guangzheng is elected
general secretary.
1997 Prof. Wang becomes the associationīs president.