[3] In 1971, the committee hosted a roundtable featuring guest speakers from countries that had begun exchanges with China in advance of official diplomatic relations.

[4]: 36  Members of the committee expressed the view that like these countries, Americans could develop ad hoc cooperative relations with China.

[4]: 36–37  The committee's mission was to educate the public, but it soon found itself in the position to offer information and advice to President Lyndon B. Johnson and other political leaders.

In 1972, it co-hosted the Chinese table tennis team's tour of the United States, a widely publicized event that captured world attention.

[6] In the 1980s, the Committee expanded its work to promote sustained interactions between influential Chinese and Americans in governance, media, urban planning, international relations, and economic management.