"[1] SAFA also promotes traditional Chinese medicine,[2] participates in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade[3] and Times Square Ball Drop,[4] and has organized trips to mainland China for members to meet with officials of the United Front Work Department.

[5][6] SAFA has organized trips for American mayors to China with the support of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

[7] In 2012, SAFA paid for a promotional slideshow of Xi Jinping on a Times Square jumbotron during one of his visits to the United States.

[9][5] The group's advisory board includes officials such as Bingde Zhou, former vice president of China News Service, and former Chinese consul general in New York Zhongwen Qu.

[5] The group garnered public attention in August 2022 following its sponsorship of a New York Mets game that included memorabilia with the flag of the People's Republic of China.