The new year is bringing several personnel changes to the US-China Business Council’s (USCBC) Beijing and Shanghai offices, which will continue the tradition of strong leadership in the organization’s China operations.
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January 8th, 2014
The Obama administration yesterday formally nominated Senator Max Baucus, D-MT, to be the next US Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. Once confirmed, Baucus will succeed Ambassador Gary Locke, who has served in the position since 2011.
January 8th, 2014
Over the past four decades, China has seen the largest migration in human history. Since 1979, more than 300 million rural residents have moved into China’s cities, bringing the country’s urban population to 710 million. This has increased the proportion of China’s urban population from just 17.9 percent in 1978 to 52.6 percent today.
January 8th, 2014
As reported by USCBC just prior to the holidays, US and Chinese senior government officials concluded the 2013 plenary session of the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) on December 20 in Beijing with agreements on a range of intellectual property
January 8th, 2014
Government officials from the United States and China had an active month of bilateral meetings and negotiations in December, culminating in the plenary session of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) held in Beijing on December 19 and 20.
January 8th, 2014
In another signal of how the Chinese government will implement reform measures to reign in local government debt, cool industrial overcapacity, and restructure the Chinese economic growth model, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee amended its traditional, GDP-centered method of evaluating local government officials
January 6th, 2014
A December 30 meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo revealed initial details about a new leading group set up following the November 2013 third plenum.
January 3rd, 2014
Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Wang Chao, who served as one of China’s main points of contact for the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) and other bilateral discussions, has been appointed as a vice minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 20th, 2013
US and Chinese senior government officials announced movement on key business issues during this year’s plenary session of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), an annual high-level discussion on business, commercial, and trade topics held this year in Beijing.
December 19th, 2013
The US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT)
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Export Controls and Sanctions Tracker
Export controls and sanctions continue to be an important economic tool in each US administration’s China strategy. The export controls and sanctions tracker lists all active Commerce, Treasury, and State Department export controls aimed at China.
