The China Policy Institute (CPI) is a centre for research into Chinese Policy and Sino-British relations at the University of Nottingham, England. It is located in the University's China House and in Berners Street in London. Its Chairman is Elizabeth Wright, formerly a Foreign Office diplomat and Head of the BBC's Eurasia Service. Its Director is Richard Pascoe, a fluent Mandarin speaker and former president of Reuters, Japan. The Institute was officially opened by Chen Zhili, State Councillor of the People's Republic of China and a former Chinese education minister.