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WASHINGTON, DC

July

Issues Luncheon on US Export Controls

Featured Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Mario Mancuso.

US-China Working Group Third Anniversary Reception

(See below)

August

Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) Update

Featured Under Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla and US Trade Representative (USTR) General Counsel Warren Maruyama.

Briefing on the JCCT Intellectual Property Rights Working Group

Featured officials from the Office of the USTR and the US Patent and Trademark Office.

SHANGHAI

July

Seminar on PRC and US Visas

Featured Consul Jim Neel, Consular Section, US Consulate General Shanghai; and Vice Director Cai Baodi, Department of Foreign Passports and Visas, Entry-Exit Administration, Shanghai Public Security Bureau.

Luncheon on China's Economic Decisionmaking and Leadership

Featured Victor Shih, assistant professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and author of Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation.

Upcoming Events

WASHINGTON

Issues Luncheons

September 25, 2008
October 16, 2008
November 20, 2008

SHANGHAI

China Operations Conference

November 13, 2008

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

US-China Working Group Anniversary Reception

The US-China Business Council (USCBC) co-hosted a reception on July 30 in Washington, DC, for the third anniversary of the House of Representatives' US-China Working Group, a bipartisan group that plays an integral role in educating members of Congress on US-China issues and engaging PRC leaders on issues of national strategic importance. The reception honored the working group's members and founding co-chairs Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL). In addition to remarks by Kirk and Larsen, PRC Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong, US Department of the Treasury Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue Ambassador Alan F. Holmer, USCBC President John Frisbie, and National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) President Richard Ellings spoke at the event. Roughly 100 guests from the public, private, and academic sectors attended the reception, which was cosponsored by USCBC and NBR.

NBR President Richard Ellings, PRC Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, US Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue Ambassador Alan F. Holmer, Reps. Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen, and USCBC President John Frisbie	Gregg Sheiowitz, legislative director, Rep. Joseph Crowley's (D-NY) Office; Erin Ennis, vice president, USCBC; and Rich Brecher, senior director, Global Government Affairs, Motorola, Inc.
Kirk and Admiral Dennis Blair, US Navy (ret.) and current holder of NBR's John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies	Minister Counselor Zhang Ping, Congressional Affairs, PRC Embassy; Larsen; and Counselor He Xiangdong, Congressional Affairs, PRC Embassy

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Dinner Honoring PRC Vice Premier Wang Qishan

The US-China Business Council (USCBC) co-hosted a dinner in honor of PRC Vice Premier Wang Qishan and the PRC delegation to the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on June 18 in Washington, DC. Nearly 600 guests from the business community and both governments attended the event at which Wang and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered remarks. After declaring the SED meetings successful, Wang set aside his prepared address and delivered a spirited, off-the-cuff, 45-minute speech. He commented at length on rising protectionist sentiments in both countries, acknowledging that there is an active debate on the role and impact of foreign investment in China, and declared his support for open markets. He also called upon officials and the business community in both countries to continue to engage each other to maintain a positive commercial relationship. (The text of Wang's remarks is available on www.uschina.org.) The US Chamber of Commerce and the National Committee on US-China Relations also co-hosted the event.

USCBC Board Director William Cohen, chairman and CEO of the Cohen Group and a former US secretary of Defense, welcomes Vice Premier Wang Qishan to the VIP reception.	Wang speaks with USCBC board members William Rhodes, senior vice chairman of Citigroup Inc., and the Honorable Barbara Franklin, president and CEO, Barbara Franklin Enterprises.
US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and US Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt, Jr. greet Wang.	US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson delivers remarks on the SED meetings.
Wang delivers his remarks.	Nearly 600 guests--plus members of the press--attended the dinner.