2008 US-China Forum & Gala
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To celebrate the
30th Anniversary of Normalization of Sino-US Diplomatic Relations and 30th Anniversary of China’s Economic Reform and Opening-up
Sunday, November 23, 2008
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (FREE forum)
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM (gala)
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Rd. North Bethesda, MD 20852
Formal Attire
Free Hotel Parking
Sponsors:
The China Society
The Union of Chinese American Professional Organizations
The World Bank and IMF Chinese Staff Association
Supporter:
The Asia Society
Contact:
Shuigeng Xiao, 240-432-2912, shuigenxiao@yahoo.com
Yeqing (victor) Li, 202-294-6388, yeqing.li@gmail.com
Hua Wang, 703-328-3910, chenghuawang@yahoo.com
Zengjian Hu, 301-792-8576, huzengjian@hotmail.com
Program
2:00 PM Opening Remarks
Shuigeng Xiao, Co-chair, Forum Organizing Committee
Minyue Lin, Board Chairman, UCAPO
John Dickson, Chair, World Trade Center Association Peace and Stability through Trade Committee
2:15 PM Session I: “China’s Economic Reform and Opening-up”
Session Chair: Hua Wang, Chairman, World Bank-IMF Chinese Staff Association
Jiayi Zou, Executive Director, World Bank
Shangjin Wei, Professor & N.T. Wang Chair in Chinese Business and Economy at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business
Haiyan Li, Counselor for Economic Affairs, China Embassy at the United States
William Cheng, Former National Science Foundation Beijing Representative
3:45 PM Networking Break
4:15 PM Session II: “30 Years’ US-China Relations and Prospects in the 21st Century”
Session Co-Chairs: Yeqing (Victor) Li, President, The China Society
Daoyu Li, Former China Ambassador to the United States (Video)
Matthew James Salmon, US Congressman (Arizona-R, 1996-2001), Vice Board Chairman, National Committee on US-China Relations
Feng Xie, Minister, The People’s Republic of China Embassy to the United States (invited)
Martha Holdridge, Widow of the late Ambassador John Holdridge (Deputy US Chief of Mission under George H. Bush to China 1973-75, Assistant US Secretary of State)
Linbo Jin, Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
Don Raley, Former Vice President, University of Maryland
5:45 PM Forum Adjourns
6:00 PM Gala
ZHOU Wenzhong, China Ambassador to the United States
Faleomavaega Eni, US Congressman (American Samoa-D, 1989-), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Chris Van Hollen, US Congressman (Maryland-D, 2002-)
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