Event Wrapup

WASHINGTON

March

Farewell Reception and Luncheon for H.E. Yang Jiechi, Outgoing PRC Ambassador to the United States

The USCBC hosted the only public farewell for Ambassador Yang and his wife, Mme. Le Aimei. The event also featured USCBC Vice Chair and former Commerce Secretary Barbara Franklin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Earl Anthony Wayne, and Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce Timothy Hauser. New PRC Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Zheng Zeguang attended the event along with many PRC embassy officials and selected guests from Capitol Hill and US executive branch agencies.

Issues Luncheon: Briefing on the 2005 US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Meetings

Featured Henry Levine, deputy assistant secretary of Commerce for Asia Pacific Policy

April

Issues Luncheon

Featured Joseph Donovan, director for the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, Bureau of East Asia and the Pacific, US Department of State, and other China Desk staff including Deputy Director Robert Goldberg, Chief of Economic Affairs William Crane, and Trade Policy Officer Kaye Lee

USCBC-USTR Quarterly Roundtable

Featured Charles Freeman, assistant US Trade Representative (USTR) for the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and Mongolia

SHANGHAI

April

Forum with Mayor of Nanjing

Featured Nanjing Mayor Jiang Hongkun and senior leaders from the Nanjing planning department, foreign trade and investment bureau, and investment zones. Co-hosted with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Nanjing Branch

BEIJING

April

China Operations 2005 Conference

Featured discussions on China's economy and financial sector reform, distribution rights, merger-and-acquisition trends, and human resources