Global China Connection or GCC (Mandarin Chinese: 全球中国联接) is a student-run non-profit organization that helps develop relationships between young people from China and the international community. The network currently consists of 62 chapters at universities around the world. GCC's main activities include hosting delegations of university students, coordinating community service initiatives, and hosting annual conferences in China and the United States. The official languages of GCC are English and Mandarin Chinese. Global China Connection was founded in 2008.
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