Over the next 18 months, 100 Words aims to:

• Encourage young people to expand their knowledge through creativity;
• Provide opportunities for young people to connect with their peers in another country; 
• Give an insight into cultural similarities and differences through language;
• Seed lasting links between organisations in China and the UK;
• Further the development of China-UK cultural relations.

There are two programmes - an artist development programme for aspiring young writers aged 18 to 25 who want to write professionally for the stage and screen, and a creative language learning programme that targets young people aged 11 to 18 learning Mandarin in the UK and English in China.