JANUARY
Washington: Issues Luncheon US Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, William A. Reinsch addressed China Policy and Export Controls - What the business community can look forward to in 1999. (Jan. 21)Washington: FORECAST '99 Annual overview of economic, political and business trends in China. The morning session featured economist Pieter Bottelier, whose 28-year World Bank career included five years as Chief of the Bank's Resident Mission in Beijing; Minxin Pei, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Michele Mack Liedeker, director of China operations for the US-China Business Council. Keynote speaker: George M.C. Fisher, chairman and CEO, Eastman Kodak Company. The topics of the afternoon workshops were Marketing and Distribution in China: New Challenges and Opportunities; The 106th Congress: Policy Issues for US Business in China; China's Tax Regime: Impact of Changes on China Operations. (Jan. 26)
FEBRUARY
Beijing: IPR Interest Group Meeting Roundtable with US government IPR delegation and PRC government authorities. (Feb. 4)Washington: Issues Luncheon Tai Ming Cheung, senior director, Kroll Associates (Asia) Limited, discussed his assessment of China's PLA Divestiture of Commercial Activities. (Feb. 18)
Hong Kong: Legal Committee Meeting. Update on intellectual property protection by Joe Simone, Johnson, Stokes & Master, and Mabel Leung of Coudert Brothers. (Feb. 22)
Hong Kong: Issues Lunch. Brewer Stone, Prudential Bache Securities, addressed Foreign Lending to China After GITIC. (Feb. 26)
MARCH
Beijing: China Operations '99 - annual overview of China's economic, investment and political trends and expectations for the current year. Nicholas Lardy, senior fellow, Foreign Policy, at the Brookings Institution, and Rebecca MacKinnon, CNN's Beijing bureau chief, were among several China experts who addressed the audience. (Mar. 3-4)Hong Kong: Issues Luncheon. Council President Robert Kapp offered his views on Current US-China Relations including Premier Zhu Rongji's planned visit to the US, the Cox Committee report, and prognosis for WTO accession, among other issues. (Mar. 9)
Shanghai: Member Breakfast featured Council President, Robert Kapp, who discussed Trade Agreements, Missiles, and Summits: US-China Relations in 1999. (Mar. 10)
Hong Kong: Legal Committee Meeting examined China's new Securities Law. (Mar. 15)
Washington: Issues Luncheon. Jeffrey Bader, director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, discussed Premier Zhu Rongji's upcoming visit to the USA. (Mar. 18)
Hong Kong: Legal Committee Meeting. Brewer Stone and Paul Muther of First National Bank of Chicago addressed China's New Security Law. (Mar. 15)
Washington: WTO Briefing. Robert Cassidy, Assistant US Trade Representative for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mongolia, briefed Council members on the on-going WTO negotiations with China. (Mar. 22)
Hong Kong: Private Breakfast Meeting with US State Department Inspector General. Jacqueline Williams-Bridgers shared her views on corruption issues in the SAR and China with US-China Business Council and AmCham members. (Mar. 23)
Washington: Labor Issues Roundtable. US Secretary of Labor, Alexis M. Herman and PRC Minister of Labor and Social Security Zhang Zuoji hosted an industry discussion with senior US human resources executives. (Mar. 30)
APRIL
Washington: Off-the-Record Council Briefing. Veterans of the US government's China policy team, Douglas Paal and Bob Suettinger, and Rand's Chinese military affairs analyst, James Mulvenon, discussed Current National Security Controversy over China: How to Understand and Deal with Non-Commercial Issues Deeply Affecting US-China Trade and Economic Relations. (Apr. 1)New York: Reception and Dinner in honor of PRC Premier Zhu Rongji and Mme. Lao An. US-China Business Council and the Economic Club of New York co-hosted over 1400 guests, including China's Ministerial and diplomatic leadership, CEOs from major US corporations, and business executives and scholars with interests in US-China relations, at the Hilton New York & Towers. (Apr. 13)
Shanghai: Issues Breakfast. Cold Comfort? Comfort Letters and Government Support after GITIC. Stephen Harder, Hong Kong-based partner in Clifford Chance's China Group. (Apr. 14)
Beijing: Issues Luncheon. Stephen Harder, partner at Clifford Chance China Group, discussed Cold Comfort? Government Support of and Comfort Letters after GITIC. (Apr. 16)
Hong Kong: Legal Committee Meeting. Henry Woo of Medtronic and Alex Zhang of Dorsey & Whitney discussed Product Liability. (Apr. 19)
Washington: Luncheon Meeting. Mr. Qu Geping, chairman of the National People's Congress Committee on Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation (CEPRC), discussed PRC's Legislative and Government Environmental Protection Efforts. (Apr. 19)
Washington: Connecticut "China on the Hill" briefing Senator Joseph Lieberman and Representative Nancy Johnson sponsored the meeting. United Technologies Corp. and ABB, Inc. made corporate presentations to the joint Congressional and US-China Business Council gathering. (Apr. 22)
Shanghai: Special Member Breakfast Meeting. Guizhou Vice Governor Guo Shuqing discussed The Economic Reform Process. (Apr. 23)
Washington: Michigan "China on the Hill." Congressmen John Dingell and Joseph Knollenberg sponsored the briefing. Executives from Ford Motor Company, The Dow Chemical Co. and Ingersoll-Rand Co. gave overviews of their operations in China. (Apr. 27)
Shanghai: Special Meeting. Modernizing Shanghai Customs. Briefing by a team of US Customs and the National Center for APEC. (Apr. 27)
Hong Kong: Issues Luncheon. US Consul General, Richard Boucher discussed Premier Zhu's visit to the United States. (Apr. 29)
MAY
Beijing: Foreign Exchange Meeting. The US-China Business Council and Canada China Business Council hosted officials from MOFTEC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and representatives from leading international accounting and law firms. (May 7)Washington: Minnesota "China on the Hill". Luncheon meeting sponsored by Congressmen Jim Ramstad and James L. Oberstar. Corporate presentations to attending Members, staffers and members of the Council business community were made by Honeywell and Cargill. (May 13)
Washington: Issues Luncheon. "A Dialogue with members of the Cox Committee" featured Representatives Norm Dicks and Curt Weldon. (May 20)
Shanghai: Meeting. Burson-Marsteller representatives discussed Current Sino-US Tensions and Strategies for How Best to Handle. (May 28)
JUNE
Hong Kong: Issues Luncheon. John Zinkin, Chairman, Marketing Practice, Asia-Pacific of Burson-Marsteller, HK Office, discussed Rebuilding the foundations for business after Belgrade. (June 2)Washington: The US-China Business Council 26TH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Harry Harding, Dean of the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University, discussed Prospect for US-China Policy. Carol Lee Hamrin, Chinese Affairs Specialist at the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research addressed China's Political Environment; and Sheila Melvin, Director of the US-China Business Council's Shanghai Office discussed Investment Trends: The View from Shanghai. Senator Chuck Hagel delivered the keynote speech. The afternoon workshops focused on: Emerging Investment Options in China; IPR: Strategies for Protecting your Product in China; and US High-Tech Exports to China: Congress, National Security, and Global Competitiveness. (Jun. 9)
Washington: New York "China on the Hill". Breakfast meeting and discussion between New York's Congressional delegation and US-China Business Council member companies with commercial interests in New York and the PRC. Chairman of the International Relations Committee, Benjamin A. Gilman and Representative John J. LaFalce sponsored the meeting. Executives from Eastman Kodak and American International Group, Inc. (AIG) offered overviews of their business operations in China and New York, and discussed the importance of China accession to WTO. (Jun. 17)
Beijing: Meeting. Rebecca Weiner of Burson-Marsteller discussed Business as Usual? Strategies for Coping with Sino-US tensions. (Jun. 18)
Washington: Issues Luncheon. David E. Sanger, Washington Economic Correspondent and Senior Writer for The New York Times, addressed Finding a Way to Talk to China: A Correspondent' s Perspective. (Jun. 24)
JULY
Washington: Oklahoma "China on the Hill". Breakfast meeting sponsored by Congressman Wes W. Watkins. Corporate presentations to attending Members, staffers, and US business community representatives were made by Halliburton Co. and Farmland Industries. (Jul. 13)Beijing: Breakfast Meeting. Members from the US Environmental Protection Agency discussed Cleaner Air and Energy Technology Cooperation and Cooperative Study of Natural Gas Utilization in China. (Jul. 14)
Washington: Issues Luncheon. The Present State and Future Course of US-China Relations addressed by Liu Xiaoming, Minister Counselor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. (Jul. 15)
Washington: Meeting. Professor Wang Yong, Visiting Fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy, University of Southern California, and Assistant Professor and Director of the International Political Economy Program, at Beijing University lead a Discussion of Chinese Policymaking on WTO. (Jul. 20)
New York: Financial Services Meeting. Professor Wang Yong, Visiting Fellow at the Pacific Council on International Policy, University of Southern California, and Assistant Professor and Director of the International Political Economy Program at Beijing University, addressed Chinese Policymaking on WTO. (Jul. 27)
AUGUST
Shanghai: Y2K Meeting. I-Lin Chow and Garry Willings of IBM were guest speakers. (Aug. 6)Beijing: Meeting on SOE Reform. Featured MIT and Qinghua Professor Edward Steinfeld. (Aug. 25)
Washington: Y2K Meeting. Zhang Qi, chief China Y2K Task Force and director general, Department of Information Products, Ministry of Information Industry (MII) discussed China's Approach to the Y2K Problem. (Aug. 25)
SEPTEMBER
Washington: Meeting Brigadier General Karl Eikenberry, Defense Attache at the US Embassy in Beijing discussed The People's Liberation Army: A View from Beijing. (Sept. 8)Shanghai: Member Breakfast. The Y2K and Your Shanghai Operations: Contingency Planning and Legal Liability addressed by I-Lin Chow, Y2K Manager for IBM China, and John Huang, partner in Allbright Law Offices. (Sept. 10)
Washington: Reception & Luncheon Meeting featuring Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) delegation, including TEDA'S Chairman, Mr. Li Yong. (Sept. 13)
Washington: Issues Luncheon. Update on Recent Developments in US-China Relations. Discussion with Donald W. Keyser, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. (Sept. 16)
Hong Kong: Issues Luncheon. With or Without WTO: A Status Report on US-China Relations. Discussion with Council's Beijing Office Deputy Director, Iain K. McDaniels. (Sept. 16)
Beijing: Issues Luncheon. Robert Kapp, President of the US-China Business Council, discussed With or Without WTO -- A Status Report on US-China Relations. Beijing International Club Hotel. (Sep. 23)
Shanghai: Special Meeting. US-China Relations: Another High Tide for "Old Friends"? USCBC President, Robert Kapp discussed strategies US companies must play in getting Congress to grant PNTR for China if a WTO deal is secured. (Sept. 27)
Washington: Luncheon Meeting with PRC Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng who discussed China's Economic and Financial Sector Reforms: Implications for US Businesses. (Sept. 28)
OCTOBER
Washington: Missouri - China Trade Forum. Breakfast meeting sponsored by Senator C. Kit S. Bond and Representative Karen McCarthy. Corporate presentations to attending Members, staffers, and US business community representatives were made by Emerson Electric and Farmland Industries. (Oct. 13)Washington: PRC National People's Congress (NPC) Delegation. Luncheon and panel discussion moderated by Robert A. Kapp featuring the Honorable Zeng Jianhui, Member of the Standing Committee (NPC) and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Honorable Li Daoyu, Member of the Standing Committee (NPC) and former Ambassador to the USA; Richard Holwill, Amway Corporation, and Elizabeth Schwartz, The Boeing Company. (Oct. 13)
Washington: Issues Luncheon. What's Going on in China? Discussion with Dr. Minxin Pei, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dr. David M. Lampton, Director of China Studies, SAIS, The Johns Hopkins University, and Robert A. Kapp, President, USCBC. (Oct. 21)
NOVEMBER
Washington: Legal Interest Group Meeting. Justice Barry Mortimer, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeals of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region addressed Hong Kong's Legal System after the Turnover. (Nov. 3)Washington: Issues Luncheon US-China WTO Agreement. Briefing led Robert Cassidy, Assistant US Trade Representative for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mongolia, and Robert T. Novick, General Counsel, USTR. Both officials were among the US negotiators with China on the WTO agreement. (Nov. 18)
DECEMBER
Beijing: Meeting. An Update on Market Research Regulations. Featured Xiong Zhennan, Director of the State Statistical Bureau, Department of Policies and Legislation. (Dec. 9)Shanghai: Issues Luncheon. What the WTO Means for China. Butch Almstedt, an international trade law specialist with O Melveny & Myers in Washington, DC, and Howard Chao, Shanghai-based partner with O Melveny & Myers. (Dec. 9)
Washington: Meeting. China's Aviation Sector. Elizabeth Keck, Senior Representative for China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Macau, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (Dec. 9)
Washington: Meeting. Briefing by World Bank Officials on China's Financial Sector. Jacques Loubert, Director of the Financial Sector Development Unit, and Akihiko Nishio, Country Program Coordinator for China, for the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region. Location: US-China Business Council; 1818 N Street, NW, Suite 200. No cost. Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon. Pre-registration required. (Dec. 14)
Washington: Issues Luncheon. A Preparatory Session for the Council's Work in the Year 2000. (Dec. 16)
Washington: Meeting. China's WTO Accession: Implications for Hong Kong's Economy and US Companies. Featured Michael F. Martin who spent the past five years as the Assistant Chief Economist at the Hong Kong Trade Development
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