USCBC Bulletin

Event Wrap Up

WASHINGTON, DC

June

USCBC Webinar on Mergers and Acquisitions

Featured Godfrey Firth, US-China Business Council (USCBC) chief representative in Shanghai, and Barry Chen, corporate practice director for InterChina Consulting.

July

Reception for PRC Government Procurement Delegation

USCBC member companies mingled with PRC officials responsible for China's government procurement policies from the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, and National Development and Reform Commission. USCBC thanks Mayer Brown JSM for providing the venue.

Issues Briefing with US Treasury on the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED)

Featured David Loevinger, Treasury's lead coordinator for China and the S&ED.

Roundtable with China IPR Attaché Nancy Kremers

Kremers, the new senior attaché for intellectual property rights (IPR) at the US Embassy in Beijing, answered company questions on China's IPR landscape.

S&ED Dinner Honoring Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo

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BEIJING

June

S&ED Briefing in Beijing

Featured Loevinger and Jonathan Fritz, chief of the S&ED Coordination Unit, Economic Section, US Department of State.

July

Bilateral Investment Treaty Update

Featured representatives from the US departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury and the Office of the US Trade Representative.

Lunch Briefing with US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke

The USCBC and American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) in Beijing hosted Locke, who shared brief remarks and heard concerns from the US business community in Beijing.

SHANGHAI

July

Breakfast Briefing with US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke

The USCBC and Amcham Shanghai hosted Locke, who offered remarks and heard concerns from the US business community in Shanghai.

Luncheon on Signs of Recovery in China

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

August

Breakfast Briefing with US House Minority Leader

Minority Leader John Boehner and Representatives Dan Boren (D-OK), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Latham (R-IA), and Greg Walden (R-OR) met with US companies in Shanghai to discuss the business climate for US companies operating in China.

Upcoming Events

WASHINGTON

Issues Briefings

September 17, 2009
October 15, 2009

US-China Business Council Gala

December 2, 2009

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

USCBC Honors PRC Vice Premier Wang and State Councilor Dai

At the conclusion of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) in late July, roughly 600 guests from the PRC delegation, US government, private sector, and think-tank community attended a reception and dinner honoring PRC Vice Premier Wang Qishan, State Councilor Dai Bingguo, and the PRC delegation to the S&ED. The US-China Business Council (USCBC), the National Committee on US-China Relations, and 12 other organizations jointly hosted the dinner.

During the dinner, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Wang, and Dai delivered remarks, emphasizing their firm commitment to maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship. Carla Hills, National Committee on US-China Relations chair and Hills & Co. CEO; Henry Kissinger, America-China Forum Chair and Kissinger Associates chair; Andrew Liveris, USCBC Chair and Dow Chemical Co. Chairman and CEO; and Robert Rubin, Council on Foreign Relations co-chair, also offered brief remarks.

Senior company executives met with members of the PRC delegation at a private reception before the dinner. On display was a model of the US Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, which opens in May 2010. Several USCBC members are sponsors of the US Pavilion.

USCBC Chair Andrew Liveris welcomes PRC Vice Premier Wang Qishan.	Charlie Rose, host of the Charlie Rose Show, and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner	(Left to right) Council on Foreign Relations Co-Chair Robert Rubin, Liveris, and National Committee on US-China Relations Chair Carla Hills
Henry Kissinger, America-China Forum chair and Kissinger Associates chair, introduces PRC State Councilor Dai Bingguo.	US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks to more than 600 attendees.	US and PRC officials, businesspeople, and representatives of host organizations sit at the head table.