1997 Programs

• Meeting with Wang Daohan, former mayor of Shanghai and chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) (1/16/97)

• Labor Issues Working Group Meeting in Beijing (1/17/97)

• Luncheon with Shao Wenguang, Director of the Congressional Affairs Office of the PRC Embassy (1/23/97)

• Meeting of the Chemical Industry Committee (1/29/97)

• "FORECAST '97" member meeting (1/30/97)

• Monthly Issues Luncheon in Beijing (1/31/97)

• "China on the Hill" briefing with the California Congressional delegation new Members (2/13/97)

• Legal Committee meeting on the dissolution of foreign-invested enterprises. Hong Kong. (2/17/97)

• Marketing and Distribution Committee meeting to discuss retailing in China. Hong Kong. (2/21/97)

• Issues Luncheon on "China Agricultural Negotiations and the WTO" with Geoffrey Wiggin of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service. (2/20/97)

• "China on the Hill" briefing with the Kansas Congressional delegation (2/27/97)

• Monthly Issues Luncheon in Beijing (2/28/97)

• Financial, Labor Issues & Hi-Tech Working Group Meetings in Beijing (3/3/97)

• "China Operations '97" conference in Beijing (3/4-5/97)

• Council Board of Directors delegation to China for meetings with high-level government officials in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. (3/9-14/97)

• Issues Luncheon on "The Hong Kong Transition & US Policy Issues" with Kerry Dumbaugh of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) (3/18/97)

• "China on the Hill" briefing with the New Jersey Congressional delegation (3/19/97)

• Meeting with Martin Lee, chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party to discuss Hong Kong political issues and MFN (4/10/97)

• "China on the Hill" Briefing with the Wisconsin Congressional Delegation (4/10/97)

• Meeting with Sun Zhenyu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations (MOFTEC) for an update on WTO negotiations (4/14/97)

• Issues Luncheon with Sandra Kristoff, Senior Director of Asian Affairs at the National Security Council on MFN issues (4/17/97)

• Legal Committee meeting on corruption in China. Hong Kong. (4/21/97)

• Meeting with Professor Michael Enright, of Harvard and Hong Kong Universities, on competitiveness of the Hong Kong economy. (4/24/97)

• Marketing/distribution committee meeting on managing distribution channels. Hong Kong. (4/25/97)

• Monthly Issues Luncheon in Beijing (4/25/97)

• Luncheon in honor of Qian Qichen, Vice Premier and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China; co- sponsored with the National Committee on United States-China Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations (4/29/97)

• Luncheon with Richard Boucher, US Consul General in Hong Kong, to discuss the current economic and political environment in Hong Kong (5/7/97)

• Breakfast meeting on changes in Hong Kong immigration controls. Hong Kong. (5/9/97)

• Issues Luncheon, a "MFN and Congress Update," with Congressman Matt Salmon (R-AZ) (5/15/97)

• Legal Committee meeting on joint-venture financing. Hong Kong (5/19/97)

• Labor Issues Working Group meeting in Beijing (5/23/97)

• Financial Issues Working Group meeting in Beijing (5/23/97)

• Full day "Power Project Finance" seminar featuring State Planning Commission Executive Vice Chairman, Ye Qing (5/27/97)

• Monthly Issues Luncheon in Beijing (5/30/97)

• "24th Annual Membership Meeting," featuring Robert Cassidy, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China, Hong Kong & Taiwan, and Robert Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury (6/5/97)

• Legal Committee Meeting on Director and officer liability. Hong Kong. (6/16/97)

• Issues Luncheon, an informal discussion on MFN-related legislation with Council staff (6/19/97)

• Luncheon meeting and reception with US Consul General Richard Boucher. Hong Kong. (6/20/97)

• Luncheon with Xie Zhenhua, Administrator, National Environmental Protection Agency, People's Republic of China; co-sponsored with the US Department of Commerce and the Environmental Export Council (6/20/97)

• Monthly Issues Luncheon in Beijing (6/26/97)

• High-Tech Issues Working Group Meeting in Beijing, on China's electronics/semiconductor industry plans and new "Internet Management Regulations". (7/17/97)

• Washington Issues Luncheon: a discussion with Council staff on MFN legislation. (7/17/97)

• Financial Issues Working Group Meeting in Beijing, on mortgages and housing reform. (7/25/97)

• Monthly Issues Luncheon in Beijing (7/31/97)

• Labor Issues Working Group Meeting in Beijing, on "Converting an organization's form and paying Chinese employees." (8/1/97)

• Meeting with Vice Mayor of Suzhou, Wang Guoxing, in Washington D.C. (8/1/97)

• Summer series talk: "Understanding MOFTEC" with Minister-Counselor Shi Jianxin of the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. (8/1/97)

• Summer series talk: "Social Trends & Tensions in China with Professor Martin Whyte of George Washington University in Washington D.C. (8/8/97)

• Summer series talk: "Calculating the US-China Trade Balance" with Li Gangliu of the Institute of International Economics in Washington D.C. (8/15/97)

• Hong Kong Legal Committee meeting on arbitration issues (8/25/97)

• Summer series talk: "The Party Congress and Leadership Change" with Professor Lyman Miller of The Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. (8/29/97)

• Meeting with Ned Qistorf of The Guangzhou Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) in Washington D.C. (9/2/97)

• Meeting with Commissioner Lily Yam of Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICA) in Washington D.C. (9/3/97)

• Procurement Managers Dinner in Shanghai (9/11/97)

• Ohio "China on the Hill" briefing with Ohio Congressional delegation in Washington D.C. (9/11/97)

• Hong Kong Legal Committee meeting (9/15/97)

• Washington D.C. Issues luncheon: "JCCT Overview" with Don Forest, Director, Office of China, Hong Kong & Taiwan at the Department of Commerce (9/18/97)

• Beijing Issues Luncheon with MOFTEC Vice Minister Sun Zhenyu (9/19/97)

• Hong Kong breakfast meeting on "Restructuring State-owned enterprises and listing provincial umbrella companies in Hong Kong." (9/25/97)

• Beijing Financial Issues Working Group meeting (9/26/97)

• Summit update with Under Secretary of State Stuart Eizenstat in Washington D.C. (9/30/97)

• Meeting with Deputy USTR Christina Lund in Washington D.C. (10/7/97)

• Hong Kong Issues luncheon with journalist Willy Wo-Lap Lam (10/17/97)

• Hong Kong Legal Committee meeting on China project due dilligence (10/20/97)

• Luncheon and dinner with Minister Zeng Peiyan and Economic & Trade Delegation in Washington D.C. (10/24/97)

• Beijing Labor Issues Working Group Meeting (10/24/97)

• Dinner for President Jiang Zemin in New York City (10/31/97)

• Florida "China on the Hill" breakfast meeting in Washington D.C. (11/5/97)

• Beijing Capitol Group meeting on US Congressional legislation (11/6/97)

• Bejing Issues Luncheon review of Clinton-Jiang summit (11/7/97)

• Hong Kong Marketing and Distribution Committee Meeting on new distribution options in South China (11/7/97)

• Hong Kong Breakfast review of Clinton-Jiang summit (11/11/97)

• Hong Kong Legal Committee Meeting on SOE regorm (11/17/97)

• Meeting with Chongqing Mayor Pu Haiqing in Washington D.C. (11/19/97)

• Meeting with Hong Kong Solicitor General Daniel Fung in Washington D. C. (11/25/97)

• Luncheon review of the 1998 Clinton-Jiang Summit, with National Security Council Director for Asian Affairs, Jeffrey Bader. Sponsored jointly with the American Foreign Service Association.