There are around twenty of the associations in North America and some 26 worldwide. Three years ago, the 1984 Chinese-American Academic and Professional Convention was held in Los Angeles in place of the National Development Seminar in Taipei.
三年前，台北國建會停開，北美地區的學術聯誼團體推舉「美西華人學會」，在洛杉磯舉辦「一九八四年北美華人學術研討會」，以延續海外學人為國建言的管道。