Senior US officials studying in China

"Deng wanted to convey the message that China will neither take the lead of socialist countries nor challenge the US position," Sun said, adding that China values peaceful coexistence with other countries.

The US officials and Chinese experts are having heated discussions over China's Taiwan question, the South China Sea issue, hackers, terrorism and military spending. They also visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Great Wall and a Chinese acrobatics show, in a bid to learn more about China.

According to the Beijing Youth Daily, more and more foreign officials and enterprise managers come to Chinese universities to learn more about China.

Li Yanhui, Wang Wen and Huang Fei contributed to this story