The headquarters of American Moon Smart International Education Foundation [AMS] are located in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. Being a world-renowned non-profit educational institution; the Minnesota Higher Education Administration has invested and manages AMS. Currently, AMS integrates top educational experts, scholars and officials from both China and the U.S., with its focuses on the international education theory and case study, educational exchanges and cooperation, curriculum, R&D and educational reform. By the end of 2008, AMS has provided diversified services to over 60 universities, research institutions and thousands of international scholars and students. As a leader in the field of international education, AMS will, as always, pursue the philosophy of “Serving China with Global Wisdom”.

In China, AMS has been promoting the internationalization of basic and higher education. Several creative and integrated international education projects have been carried out after the localization adjustment of the outstanding educational and scientific achievements of Minnesota. Among others, the most typical projects are the AICP for basic education and the ACCP for higher education. Some 800 outstanding Chinese students benefit greatly from the two projects annually, from Hohhot of Inner Mongolia in Northern China to Huizhou City of Guangdong Province in Southern China. In addition, the teaching concepts, teaching methods and knowledge structure of local teachers have undergone a significant improvement through the operation of the two mentioned projects.