For more than ten years, the U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program has promoted cross-cultural education. Sending American K-12 teachers to China and bringing Chinese secondary school teachers to the United States, the program has fostered the development of language and culture programs at schools across the United States and China.

The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program sends American educators to China for four weeks every summer. This program, which has been administered by the National Committee since 1981, provides educators with the opportunity to gain valuable insight into a culture that is increasingly becoming an important element in American curricula.

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.

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.

Experts discuss (and demonstrate) best practices of municipal e-governance systems currently in use in cities across the globe.

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.

National Committee and two partners work with the Ministry of Labor and Social Security on a multi-year effort to assist the Chinese government in its efforts to strengthen protection of workers’ rights and to comply with internationally recognized labor standards.

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.

Project takes a close look at the community planning models used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.