The International Confucian Association (ICA) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to Confucian studies, bringing together academic groups, institutions, and scholars from around the world. As one of China's earliest international organizations, the ICA serves as a global federation of Confucian scholars and institutions. The ICA's mission is to study and inherit the essence of Confucianism and other Chinese traditional cultural philosophies, foster its global dissemination and practice, and foster exchanges and facilitate mutual learning between Chinese civilization and other civilizations of the world, in service of building a community with a shared future for humanity, promoting world peace, and advancing human civilization.