The Institute is a multi-disciplinary forum for examination of issues affecting the Chinese and United States relationship. It encourages participation in its activities by its Members, by governments of the two countries and their provinces and states, businesses, lawyers, economists, academics, non-governmental organizations and the media interested in those issues. It is not related, formally or otherwise, to any government. In addition to organizing conferences and seminars, it publishes journals and affords comparative law and research opportunities and teaching and study exchanges by its Members at Peking University Law School and Case Western Reserve University School of Law.