Mr. Yan Changyou and Ms. Deng Wenwen, scholars at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Peking, were first scholars to be sent from China to US to specifically study and visit American Religious Institutions. The mission was part of the 1981 agreement organzied by ACF. The scholars were based in at Duke University and visited other institutions including: Princeton Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University, Fordham University, and Marymount Manhattan College, Harvard Divinity, Boston College, Hellenic College, Birgham Young University. Mr. Yan spent 4 weeks at Harvard.