China Educational Exchange of 1950 was a cross-cultural program authorized during the 81st United States Congress by unanimous consent of the United States House of Representatives bill 7797 entitled Foreign Economic Assistance Act of 1950. The United States House bill 7797 was an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948 and Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, often referred to as the Marshall Plan.
On June 24, 1949, United States President Harry Truman recommended to the 81st United States Congress a Point Four Program encompassing the furtherance of development aid to assist developing countries, defined as Second World and Third World nations, at the end of World War II. On March 25, 1950, Truman urged the 81st U.S. Congress for unanimous consent of the Foreign Assistance Act â Foreign Economic Assistance Act of 1950 â assisting underdeveloped countries confronting direct aggression, intimidation, and subversion while sustaining economic and political stability. The act supported five foreign aid programs being enacted into law by Truman on June 5, 1950.
China Educational Exchange of 1950 originated in the China Aid Act of 1948 under the auspices of Title IV enclosed in the Marshall Plan. The 1950 China educational exchange program is articulated by the China Area Aid Act of 1950 assimilated in Title II of the Foreign Economic Assistance Act 1950.
The United States endorsed agreements for cultural diplomacy with the China during the Carter Administration of 1979 and Reagan Administration of 1984.
United States President Carter and China Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping convened on January 31, 1979, in Washington, D.C., signing the Cultural Agreement between the United States and China.
On April 22, 1984, Reagan departed America for a state visit with China from April 26 to May 1, 1984. The China state reception was an engagement last orchestrated with the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China diplomatically occurring from February 21 to February 28, 1972. United States President Ronald Reagan and Premier of China Zhao Ziyang convened in Beijing, signing the United States-China Accord for Cultural Exchange on April 30, 1984.
The academic student exchange program remained tenacious considering the five decades of the Cold War.