Prof. Lyle Goldstein and Prof. Peter Dutton, both from the Center for Naval Warfare Studies' China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College, outlined certain aspects of the New Maritime Strategy at a meeting hosted by Prof. Shen Dingli, Director of Fudan University's Center for American Studies.

Prof. Dutton suggested that the New Maritime Strategy marked a fundamental change in U.S. Naval strategy. He said that the new strategy's focus on collaboration with other countries embodied a "cooperative engagement to build security and governance", and therefore offered much scope for mutually beneficial future naval collaboration between China and the United States.

Prof. Goldstein said that developments in the field of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) made in America in the wake of the 2001 attacks on New York, provided a "good area for dialogue, because we have a similar problem" in issues like movement of hazardous cargo and registration of vehicles. He suggested that the technologies and methods being developed could be of use to both the American and Chinese maritime agencies in fields as diverse as drug enforcement, maritime safety, and anti-piracy efforts.

In respect to the current Sino-U.S. naval relationship, Prof. Goldstein looked forward to the upcoming December 2007 Chinese and American naval conference as a historic opportunity for a "movement away from the Cold-war vision" towards a "more pragmatic and co-operative approach".

Prof. Dutton emphasised the point of scale in the context of maritime threats to global economic security. He outlined how the threats posed by piracy and terrorist activity operate at both domestic and international scales, and encouraged Sino-U.S. cooperation, both in international waters, and also within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of each country.

Following the presentation by the American professors, both sides engaged in discussion on the themes raised by the speeches. Other topics of discussion, such as the American attitude towards new Chinese ballistic missile submarines, and the Chinese view of participation in America’s Proliferation Security Initiative (which allows the U.S. and its allies to search vessels suspected of carrying illegal arms), were also raised.

In conclusion, Prof. Shen Dingli and Prof. Zhu Mingquan of Fudan University’s CAS both outlined their visions of the possible future of military interaction between China and the United States.