亚洲基金会(下称亚基会)成立于1951年,总部在美国加州旧金山市。它是一个私立的但获公共资助的机构,向亚州各国赠书是其一项重要的日常活动。亚基会赠书最初始于1954年,当时规模很小,接受国家不多。亚基会希望通过向亚洲赠送书刊,加深美亚之间文化、知识上的交流与了解。在目前世界上许许多多的赠书活动中, The Asian Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the Asian Foundation) was established in 1951 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is a private but publicly funded body and donating books to all Asian nations is an important daily activity. The sub-foundation donation book first began in 1954, when it was small in scale and received few countries. Asia Foundation hopes to give books and magazines to Asia to deepen the exchange of knowledge and understanding between the United States and Asia. In the current world many book activities,