The Netherlands China Law Centre offers expertise about the formation and functioning of law and legal institutions in China. In particular it focuses on the role law can play in regulating economic behaviour and balancing public and private interests. The centre aims to fulfill a bridge function between the Netherlands and China, between academia and practice, and between law and the social sciences.

The Netherlands China Law Centre is the first academic centre specializing in the study of Chinese law in the Netherlands. It has been established at the Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam, following academic research and cooperation between the Netherlands and China of over a decade and continuing on a Dutch academic tradition of more than a century.