Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC)，headquartered in Shanghai with a branch office in Beijing, is a public institution directly under the administration of the Ministry of Finance, China.

    APEC Finance and Development Program (AFDP), the predecessor of AFDC, was an initiative proposed by China under the APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting, which aims to strengthen capacity building in the APEC region through training workshop, forum and academic research. At the APEC Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting in Chile in 2004, Chinese President Hu Jintao announced that, the Chinese government would establish the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (AFDC), in order to continue China's contribution to institutional capacity building in the Asia-Pacific region. The establishment of AFDC not only signifies regularization of the efforts of Chinese government in capacity building for the international community, but also the expansion of the target area to be covered by the efforts of Chinese government. In addition to the APEC mechanism, AFDC will also work under ASEAN+3, Forum for East Asia and Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) and many other organizations.