Committee programs study tour for six editors from the United States to meet with the foreign policy community in Beijing, Shanghai, and Taipei.

The National Committee convenes a conference call program for its members to discuss the history and present situation in Tibet as well as the implications of recent events for U.S.-China relations and the Beijing Olympics.

The National Committee convenes a conference call program for its members to discuss the outcome of the March 22 Taiwan presidential election.

Committee takes 10 staff members from the House and Senate to Beijing, Yunnan, and Shanghai for discussions on energy security and efforts to combat terrorism and narcotics trafficking.

A delegation of American mayors and other municipal leaders meet with Chinese government, business, and NGO leaders to discuss the delicate balance between economic expansion and sustainable development.

Freshmen members of Congress and members of the bi-partisan U.S.-China Working Group sit down with two former Secretaries of State to discuss the history of Sino-American relations and current issues affecting the relationship.

While considering a run for the White House, former North Carolina Democratic Senator John Edwards traveled with the National Committee to China to engage in direct dialogue with officials, business executives and specialists in international relations, economic development and other fields.

The dinner, on April 20, 2006, affords the president of the People’s Republic of China his only opportunity to offer a public address in Washington, DC.

While a few staff members accompanied their Senators and Congressmen on Congressional trips to China in the early 70s, it was not until 1976 that the first group made up entirely of Senate and House committee staff members visited China.

Started in September 1984 as an off-the-record gathering of leading citizens of China and America, the U.S.-China Dialogue was the first formal instance of Track II diplomacy in the Sino-American relationship.