Graham was quoted as urging Li to study the life of Christ. The meeting was reported on Chinese national television and in the press. Millions who never heard of Graham became acquainted with his name and mission. Accompanied by his wife, Ruth, his son Franklin, and a small team, he spent a week in Beijing, then Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, the central coastal city of Shanghai, and finally Guangzhou. He preached to overflow crowds at CCC churches and met with independent house church leaders and government leaders of all the cities in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
Sources say China is experiencing dramatic church growth.
Wang suffered much persecution and spent years in prison. Graham also addressed academic gatherings in Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing. According to a department head at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, Graham's meetings with scholars was the the first time Christianity was ever discussed there seriously. At other academic sessions, teachers, and students quizzed him on moral and spiritual isues.