In September 2014 Ahh... and Garden of Ideas Artistic Director, Simon Elliott signed an MoU with Chinese investors, at the UK-China Bilateral Investment Conference in the Institute of Directors, London, representing a commitment to establishing Garden of Ideas, a major new world-class cultural attraction, in China. The conference was hosted by Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. George Osborne MP, and Mr. Ma Kai, Vice-Premier of State Council of the People’s Republic of China.

The first project will attract substantial Chinese investment to British design, technology and cultural organisations.