The Nan Hai Arts Center, a division of Nan Hai Company established in 1990, sponsors and hosts cultural and artistic activities, exhibits and exchanges between China and the United States, performances by dance troupes, singing ensembles and other Chinese performing arts groups in the United States, and has facilitated performances by American performers in China.

Located on the third floor of 510 Broadway in Millbrae, California, the Arts Center houses a gallery that is the largest showcase for Chinese fine arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since its establishment, the gallery has brought several dozen exhibitions of contemporary painting, calligraphy, photography, and crafts from China. In cooperation with the Chinese Association of Artists - China's foremost organization of Artists - the Nan Hai Gallery has sponsored exhibitions of award-winning contemporary watercolor, oil paintings and wood block prints from China.