The Hopkins–Nanjing Center (HNC; Chinese: 中美中心), formally the Johns Hopkins University–Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies (Chinese: 南京大学—约翰斯·霍普金斯大学中美文化研究中心), is an international campus of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a joint educational venture between Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University that opened in Nanjing, China, in 1986. Former Hopkins President Steven Muller and former NJU President Kuang Yaming worked together to create the center, recognizing the importance of improved understanding and relations between their respective countries. Muller believed China to be "the country of the future."