The seminars have been held once a year since the first one in 1972 except for 1979, when two were held in the wake of the Carter Administration's switch of diplomatic relations to Peiping.
除前年（六十八年）舉行兩次以外，其餘都是每年舉行一次，所以今年舉行的是第十一次。民國六十年我國退出聯合國，同時美國尼克森政府亦開始與中共展開關係正常化的試探行動，國建會就是在這一國際情勢險惡的關鍵時刻誕生。