China Policy Program

The China Policy Program was created in 1998 as a constituent "program" under the Elliott School, but affiliated with the Sigur Center for Asian Studies. It is directed by Professor David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science & International Affairs and a leading international authority on contemporary China and Asian affairs. The China Policy Program was created to build upon the Elliott School's longstanding expertise and involvement in U.S.-China relations and contemporary Chinese affairs and to serve primarily as an outreach program to the policy community in Washington, officials and China specialists around the world, the media, and the public.

Specifically, the China Policy Program is involved in the following types of activities:

• Sponsoring occasional public lectures and panel discussions open to the public and GW community.
• Sponsoring private scholarly and policy-related meetings of China specialists and government officials.
• Sponsoring the "Contemporary China Discussion Group" (a regular private meeting of Washington's leading China experts drawn from academia, think tanks, the intelligence community, Congressional staff, and executive branch officials).
• Sponsoring "policy dialogues" of a reasonably high-level, with participants from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Europe, and around Asia.
• Sponsoring specialized "Track II" delegations to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
• Receiving and briefing visiting delegations from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
• Hosting individual officials, scholars, and China specialists from around the world.
• Sponsoring media briefings, pegged to current and medium-term events in China and U.S.-China relations.
• Sponsoring tailored briefings for Executive Branch officials, Congressional staff, and Members of Congress related to China and U.S.-China relations.
• Sponsoring tailored briefings for members of the corporate community related to China.
• Working with select departments and offices in the U.S. Government to convene symposia of governmental experts with non-governmental specialists on refined topics relate to China, Taiwan, and U.S.-China relations.
• Sponsoring visiting scholars from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and occasionally other countries.

In recent years the China Policy Program has sponsored activities in all of these areas.

For further information please contact the Director, Professor David Shambaugh, at 202-994-5887 or shambaug@gwu.edu.