The committee members discussed the center's academic focus, contemplating broadening its mission to examine Southeast Asian nations such as Indonesia and India.
The weekend conference at Harvard was the first such to take place between academic leaders from the U.S. and China. Vogel predicted that future meetings between academic heads from the two countries would probably be smaller and focus on single, specific issues facing their schools.
Such meetings will probably next be held in China, Vogel added.
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The Chinese contingent included the leaders of Peking University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiaotong, Tsinghua University and Xian Jiaotong.