Council's Forecast 2003 Conference
Features PRC Ambassador H.E. Yang Jiechi

The Council kicked off its annual Forecast conference with a reception on the evening of February 12 that featured guests from the Chinese embassy and the US government. The next day, the conference began with a panel on political and economic change in China that featured Lyman Miller of the Hoover Institution and the US Naval Postgraduate School and Robert Sutter of Georgetown University. Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley and Carla Hills of Hills & Co. discussed the future of China's economy. Patrick Norton of O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Eric Altbach of the US State Department spoke on trade strategies. During lunch, H.E. Yang Jiechi, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States, gave the keynote address on US-China relations and China's view of current global events.

The afternoon panel focused on China's business climate. Patrick Powers, the Council's director of China Operations, provided a general overview of what to expect in 2003. Allen and Overy's Mitchell Silk discussed opportunities and challenges in China's energy sector, followed by David Weller of the Office of the US Trade Representative who spoke about openings in the service sector in China. After the last panel, member company representatives met with Council staffers for tailored, individual strategy sessions.

 

Annual Meeting      June 5, 2003      Washington, DC

Washington

January
Issues Luncheon: Business Guidance to the US Government on Integrated Federal Support Services in the China Market Featured Jeffrey Miller, senior vice president for export finance, Export-Import Bank; Geoffrey Jackson, regional director for Asia and assistant to the director, US Trade and Development Agency; Karen Zens, US Foreign and Commercial Service; Jeri Jensen-Moran, director, Trade Promotion and Policy Coordination for the Undersecretary of the International Trade Administration

February
Forecast 2003 Reception Featured US government officials and representatives from China's embassy to the United States

Forecast 2003 Featured Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States, H.E. Yang Jiechi

Issues Luncheon Featured Clifford A. Hart, director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council


Houston

February
China Business 2002: Navigating Changes in China's Energy and Power Sectors Workshop featured Patrick Powers of The US-China Business Council, Mitchell Silk of Allen and Overy, and Xiaolin Li of Songbin Systems International Corp.


San Francisco

February
China Business 2002: Workshop covering the current business climate, options for US firms in China, and marketing and intellectual property protection strategies Featured Patrick Powers, Karen Sutter, and Ann Weeks of The US-China Business Council


Beijing

February
Meeting: Roundtable discussion on the state of business affairs in China and on export control issues Featured Kenneth Juster, US Undersecretary of Commerce for Export Administration