The Sino-French Institute of Arts and Design Management of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (hereinafter referred to as the IMAD) is a Sino-foreign cooperative educational institution of the Central Academy of Fine Arts approved by the Ministry of Education of China. The IMAD is the only cultural and educational cooperation program signed by the prime ministers of the two countries at the Great Hall of the People on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France in 2015.