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Contact person: Shiping Hua
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  Council Members: (by alphabetic order of the organizations)
   
  Jieli Li,
Oho University, representing the Association of Chinese Professors in Social Sciences
Council Chairman
   
  Junhao Hong,
State University of New York at Buffalo, representing Chinese Communication Association (CCA)
   
  Shiping Hua,
University of Louisville, representing Global Forum of Chinese Political Scientists (GFCPS)
   
  Yawei Liu,
Council Chair-Elect, representing Chinese Historians in the United States(CHUS) and he is also the Treasurer of the organization.
   
  Wayne Huang,
Professor, Ohio University, representing Association for Information Systems(AIS SIG-ISAP)
   
  Director of Public Relations
  Lin Gang,
Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University
  Four Scholarly Organizations of China Studies Formed Alliance:

United Societies of China Studies (USCS)
 

Four scholarly organizations of China studies based in the United States have formed an alliance, United Societies of China Studies (USCS). The four participating organizations are: Association of Chinese Professors in Social Sciences (ACPSS); Chinese Communication Association (CCA); Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS); and Global Forum of Chinese Political Scientists (GFCPS).

In addition, four scholarly institutions have joined the alliance as affiliated institutions: the Center for Asian Studies, American University; the Center for International Strategic Studies, Peking University, China Program, the Carter Center; the Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville, and the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China.

This is the first time in history that a large number of Western based scholarly organizations of China studies with different disciplinary focuses form an alliance. The majority of the members of these organizations have backgrounds in communications, history, political science and sociology. The organization principles of USCS resemble that of the United Nations in the sense that while they collaborate with each other in scholarly activities, the participating organizations enjoy sovereignty, equal rights and equal privileges.

The mission of USCS is primarily that of promoting academic information sharing, consultation, and possible coordinated projects of China studies among the member organizations in the United States as well as in the rest of the world, especially in the “Greater China” area.

The preliminary meeting to form the alliance was held in Louisville, Kentucky, the United States, on March 31, 2006. At the meeting, the first draft of the Agreement was drastically revised. The document was then circulated among these organizations for discussions. Now, the Agreement has been agreed upon by these organizations and institutions, the representatives of the four organizations have been selected, USCS has been registered as a non-profit organization in Kentucky, and the USCS Council has been formed.