A team of dedicated professionals work in Beijing to share information about American colleges. The EducationUSA team is funded by the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs under the responsibility of the State Department of the United States. Their website provides information in Chinese and English and provides free advice and arranges presentations from visiting American colleges.  In addition to meeting potential students in person, there is an EducationUSA China blog –

http://blog.sina.com.cn/educationusachina and active response through http://weibo.com/educationusa. Because we want to show solidarity for their good work, we suggest that anyone looking for free basic information on education start there! We know American colleges go to them for information about their recruiting strategy.