In 1996, the National Committee brought together a group of international experts from the United States, Canada, and Thailand to present a series of best-practices workshops in China on the workings on non-governmental organizations.

At the invitation of the People’s Bank of China, a delegation of American banking specialists travel to several Chinese cities to offer workshops on the development of a modern banking system.

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.

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.

Program sends delegation of leaders from American organizations active in public education about world affairs to China in October 1975. Visit provides opportunity for George H.W. Bush to meet Deng Xiaoping for the first time.

Committee programs a week-long trip to Beijing and Shanghai for Michael Moskow, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Delegations of young leaders from NGOs and local governments in post-Katrina areas of the Gulf Coast and earthquake-affected regions of Sichuan travel to China and the U.S. to exchange ideas on integrating environmental sustainability into long-term post-disaster recovery.

Administered in 2005-2006, the Strengthening Volunteer Management in Chinese NGOs project provided Chinese NGO professionals the opportunity to receive practical training in volunteer management from American NGO experts.

Two-way exchange seeks to help raise the level of discourse in Chinese news media about HIV/AIDS and related issues, call attention to society’s attitudes towards marginalized groups, encourage community involvement in finding solutions, and stimulate policy debates on a national response.

At informal closed-door discussions in New York and Beijing, leading economic thinkers with the ears of the U.S. and Chinese governments agree upon a set of principles for managing economic ties between the two countries.