Travel Day, Tuesday May 15

• Depart New Haven by coach bus (group flight)

• Depart Newark, Continental flight #89 (group flight)

Beijing, Wednesday May 16

• Arrive Beijing, transfer to hotel

• Welcome by President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People
• Welcome Banquet

Beijing, Thursday May 17

• Alumni breakfast event with U.S. Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.

• Visits to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Democratic Parties, Supreme People's Court (3 groups)

• Tour Forbidden City

• Dinner

• Peking Opera performance

Beijing, Friday May 18

• Breakfast event: dialogue on Chinese education system and reform with Deputy Minister of Education Zhang Xinsheng

• Visit Peking University

• Visit Tsinghua University

• Tour Jianfu Palace Garden in the Forbidden City

Beijing/Xi'an, Saturday May 19

• Visit to Zhan Tianyou Museum

• Visit Great Wall

• Visit Olympic facilities

• Flight to Xi'an

Xi’an, Sunday May 20

• Visit Xi'an Jiaotong University

• Visit homes of local Chinese families

Xi’an, Monday May 21

• Visit Shanxi Museum and Dayanta historical site

• Visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum

• Meeting and dinner with provincial leaders

Xi'an/Shanghai, Tuesday May 22

• Visit to countryside

• Flight to Shanghai

Shanghai, Wednesday May 23

• Visit to Shanghai Stock Exchange, Pudong District Government, and GM Plant (3 groups)

• Free time and shopping

Shanghai, Thursday May 24

• Visit Fudan University

• Visit Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center

• Boat cruise on the Huangpu River

Travel Day, Friday May 25

• Flight to United States