Asia Society is the leading educational organisation dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. Across the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, the Society provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future.

Founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Asia Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit institution with headquarters in New York, centers in Hong Kong and Houston, and affiliated offices in Los Angeles, Manila, Sydney, Mumbai, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, and Washington, DC.

The Asia Society Hong Kong Center (ASHK Center) was established in 1990 by a group of Hong Kong community leaders, led by Sir Q.W. Lee, then chairman of Hang Seng Bank.

Located at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine, it carries historical, architectural and cultural significance to the city. Since their establishment in 1990, the ASHK has become a recognized regional knowledge-based platform for learning about Asia, by providing intellectually and culturally stimulating programs by world renowned scholars and experts on the subject, thus raising awareness in the communities.

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