Bai Xian Asia Institute (BXAI) believes that cross-cultural education is the key to a harmonious world built on mutual understanding, respect, and equality.

BXAI is a not-for-profit educational organization that runs the Asian Future Leaders Scholarship Program (AFLSP), which awards up to 100 scholarships each year to students from Asia to study abroad at top universities across East Asia.

Our scholars also enjoy the opportunity to participate in our flagship program – the annual BXAI Summer Program – which gathers the current cohort on one university campus for a fun and enriching experience designed to broaden perspectives, foster community, and extend learning beyond the classroom. 

By creating intercultural opportunities for young scholars in Asia to learn from and engage with one another, our goal is to bring up a new generation of leaders who embrace diversity and are committed to promoting peace, regional collaboration, and harmony in Asia and beyond. As we seek to empower future leaders who share our mission to build bridges across cultures, our hope is that relationships between the people of Asia will be strengthened, partnerships between East Asian academic institutions will grow, and a sense of community and mutual understanding will be cultivated amidst a changing global landscape.

BXAI’s vision is to become Asia’s preeminent educational platform that paves the way towards a prosperous, sustainable, and conflict-free modern Asia. By building bridges across cultures, BXAI seeks to develop a new generation of leaders through scholarship and education programs that create opportunities for intercultural exchange and learning.

These five core values guide our decisions and actions, support our vision, and uphold our culture: