Group of highly accomplished “30-somethings,” half from the United States , half from China, build cross-cultural understanding and professional networks as they explore substantive issues and develop enduring friendships.

For two weeks each year, outstanding senior high school students from the United States and China put down their books and see firsthand what life is like in the other country.

Foreign Policy Colloquium provides Chinese students an opportunity to learn about the making and implementation of U.S. foreign policy from the experts themselves.

Program focuses on security topics not conventionally discussed in military training: climate change, economic development, China’s use of soft power, scientific and technological development, and more.

National Committee director Geraldine Kunstadter invited fellow directors and staff members to dinner at her home on April 22 to welcome Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Zhang Yesui and Consul General of the Chinese Consulate in New York, Ambassador Peng Keyu, and their spouses to New York.

Comprised of 20 young American China scholars, the Public Intellectuals Program expands and deepens the scholars' knowledge of aspects of China beyond their own specialties and encourages their active engagement as public intellectuals both within and beyond their professional and geographic communities.

Two years before normalization of relations, program provides young American elected officials and others involved in local and state politics with an opportunity to meet with their counterparts and increase their understanding of China.

Participants bond over a nine-day training program in San Diego focusing on conflict management and resolution. Formal training is balanced with informal group bonding activities that established sense of camaraderie, trust, and friendship among all three groups.