Asia network: How Max Planck is navigating between cooperation with China and de-risking

With new centers in China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, the Max Planck Society wants to diversify its scientific partnerships. According to MPG President Patrick Cramer, however, the People’s Republic remains indispensable.

20. April 2026
After the signing of the agreement for the Max Planck Society–Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Synthetic Biochemistry. From left: Chenli Liu, President of the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the CAS; CAS President Hou Jianguo; Max Planck Society President Patrick Cramer; and Helge Bode, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology.

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Last updated: 20. April 2026