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Event Wrap Up

BEIJING

October

Antimonopoly Law Briefing

Featured Zhao Hong, deputy director of the PRC Ministry of Commerce's Antimonopoly Investigation Bureau, and Professor Wang Xiaoye of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The US-China Business Council's (USCBC) 35th Anniversary Reception

Featured Andrew Liveris, USCBC chair and chair and CEO of the Dow Chemical Co., and Wan Jifei, chair of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

CHICAGO

September

Roundtable Discussion on Evolving Business Issues in the US-China Trade Relationship

Featured USCBC President John Frisbie, Mayer Brown LLP partners James Parkinson and Jason Schmitz, and leader in Mayer Brown's Government and Global Trade practice, Duane Layton. Special thanks to Mayer Brown for hosting the event.

NEW YORK

September

Luncheon Honoring PRC Premier Wen Jiabao (see below)

SHANGHAI

August

Shanghai Luncheon on China's Macroeconomic Outlook

Featured Andy Rothman, China macro-strategist at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, and David Cui, head of China Research at Merrill Lynch.

September

Workshop on High- and New- Technology Enterprise Certification

Featured Zhang Rui, deputy director, Europe and Americas Department, Shanghai Municipal Economic Relations and Trade Commission; and Zhang Jianbo, deputy director, Structural Reform and Regulations Department/High-Tech Industrial Zone Affairs Department, Shanghai Science and Technology Commission.

WASHINGTON, DC

September

Labor Unions in China: An Update from the Field

Featured Andreas Lauffs, principal and head of Baker & McKenzie LLP's China Employment Law Group.

Issues Luncheon on the 2008 Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Outcomes

Featured Assistant US Trade Representative for China Tim Stratford and US Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Ira Kasoff.

Upcoming Events

SHANGHAI

China Operations Conference

November 13, 2008

WASHINGTON

Issues Luncheons

November 20, 2008
December 18, 2008

Forecast 2009

Reception and Conference
January 28-29, 2009

For more information on USCBC events, see www.uschina.org

October

Issues Luncheon on China and the American Financial Crisis

Featured China economist Albert Keidel, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Webinar on Mergers and Acquisitions in China

Featured Godfrey Firth, USCBC chief representative in Shanghai, and Barry J. Chen, corporate practice director of InterChina Consulting. (To view the webinar, see www.uschina.org.)

Luncheon Honors PRC Premier Wen Jiabao

The US-China Business Council (USCBC) and the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) co-hosted a luncheon in honor of PRC Premier Wen Jiabao in New York on September 23. During his speech on US-China relations, Wen highlighted the upcoming 30th anniversary of the establishment of US-China diplomatic relations and asserted that the United States and China now have more common interests than at any time during the past three decades. He noted that the November elections will produce a change in the US administration and pledged to work with whichever presidential candidate wins to "continue to move [the relationship] forward." In his opening, Wen shared personal memories of the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Sichuan in May and expressed appreciation for the relief provided by US companies and citizens.

Carla Hills, chair of the NCUSCR and chair and CEO of Hills & Co.; Elaine Chao, US Secretary of Labor; and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, chair of the America-China Forum and of Kissinger Associates also spoke at the event. Greg Brown, USCBC board director and president and CEO of Motorola, Inc., led the question-and-answer session following Wen's speech. (The text and video of Wen's speech are available on www.uschina.org.)


Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger introduced PRC Premier Wen Jiabao and highlighted his responsiveness in managing China's recent natural disasters and reconstruction efforts.

Photo by Michael Serto

Wen's address focused on US-China relations.

Photo by Elsa Ruiz

Greg Brown, USCBC board director and president and CEO of Motorola, Inc., led the Q&A session following Wen's speech.

Photo by Elsa Ruiz

USCBC Board Director John Rice, vice president of GE and president and CEO of General Electric Infrastructure, and PRC Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi.

Photo by Elsa Ruiz



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