The Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville, the United States of America, and Central Party School (CPS) of China (also known as the "Chinese Communist Party School") entered into a contract in 2006 to conduct research on China's legislative reforms at the local level.

The project has finished one Beijing workshop in which five American scholars gave lectures at CPS on how the American political system works in 2007. The project also finished eight workshops in Shanxi Province, Anhui Province, Shanxi Province, and Beijing Municipality in the summers of 2008 and 2009 respectively which were directed by Shiping Hua, from the University of Louisville, and Liu Dexi, from CPS.

This visit to Washington enabled the legislators to learn about and view the United States government directly.

Delegation from the Central Party School of China

Hua Shiping

Calvin and Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asia Studies and

Director of the Asian Studies Program, University of Louisville

Former Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar

Wang Ruipu (王瑞璞)

Member, National Committee of the 10^th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

Former Associate Provost of Central Party School

Liu Changgong （刘长功）

Standing committee member, Anhui Provincial People’s Congress

Member, Anhui Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Li Gaoshan（李高山）

Member, Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Liu Dexi （刘德喜）

Professor, Institute for International Strategic Studies and

Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Central Party School

Xu Kajia （许卡佳）

Chief of Scientific Research Development, Anhui Provincial Party School

Han Yufang （韩预芳）

Council member, Beijing Association of People’s Congress Theory

Zhang Ming （张明）

Professor, Central Party School

Wang Jianjun （王建军）

Council member, Shanxi Association of Supervision of Chinese Communist Party

Liu Chang （刘畅）

Lecturer, Law School of Sichuan University

Qian Zhen

Interpreter