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Forecast 2009 Reception |
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Roughly 130 guests from the US government, PRC and Hong Kong diplomatic and economic missions, business, and academia attended the US-China Business Council's (USCBC) Washington Reception on January 28 to kick off Forecast 2009 at the Capital Hilton. |
Xie Feng, deputy chief of mission, PRC Embassy; John Frisbie, USCBC president; and the Honorable Barbara Franklin, president and CEO, Barbara Franklin Enterprises, and USCBC board member. In his brief remarks, Minister Xie referred to the Chinese New Year as the "Year of the Bull" and advocated tackling the global economic crisis through bilateral cooperation. |
US Rep. Rick Larsen (D-2nd WA), co-chair of the US-China Working Group, a bipartisan group that seeks increased congressional engagement on key US-China issues; Eddie Mak, director-general, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office; and Donald Tong, Hong Kong commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, in his first appearance at a USCBC event. |
Robert Poole, vice president, USCBC, China Operations; Gene Martin, executive director, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); and Carolyn Brehm, vice president, Global Government Relations, The Procter & Gamble Co. |
USCBC Vice President Erin Ennis and Robert Zoglman and Jeanne T. Lopatto of Westinghouse Electric Company. |
John Norris, deputy assistant secretary, US Department of State, and Tong. |
US Rep. Mark Kirk (R-10th IL), co-chair of the US-China Working Group, commented on group's activities with the new Congress and administration. |
USCBC member company executives exchanged ideas on topics of mutual interest with PRC Embassy officials, scholars from leading think tanks, USCBC staff, officials from the Hill, and other guests. |
Frisbie and Starr M. Tavenner, director, Global Strategy & Alliances, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. |
Kirk and Steve Orlins, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations. |
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Photos: sardari.com More photos available at http://www.sardari.com/uschina/forecast09reception/ |
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