The general secretary of the German FA (DFB) has said he wants to send 2014 World Cup winners Germany to play a friendly in China by 2019 at the latest.
Late last year, China and Germany signed a "comprehensive agreement at government level" to boost the development of football, with agreements also struck between the DFB, the German Football League (DFL), the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Chinese Soccer Association.
Speaking to kicker, Friedrich Curtius said: "Our goal is to make it [a friendly in China] possible by 2019, latest. You'd take the partnership to a completely new level with such a game.
I've already talked to [DFB president] Reinhard Grindel, [head coach] Joachim Low and [general manager] Oliver Bierhoff. They all like the idea, but finding a date is difficult."
Asked whether the friendly could form part of a wider tour of China, Curtius said this was "conceivable" but added that "the summer, first of all, belongs to the clubs."
He added: "If you go to China it would be desirable, because of the distance, to be available there for a few days.
"I know that this, fundamentally, would be in the interest of the DFL and the big clubs because the national team has a special appeal to the fans there."
He said German football hoped for "a better access to the market" in China through the partnership.
But he added that economic benefits would only be visible "if we as a national association have a good standing and a positive perception in China."
"It's not like the Chinese FA is showing the big money, unlike a few clubs there recently," he said.